"Lord Maccon, being Lord Maccon and good at such things, then changed, right there in the Thames, from dog-paddling wolf to large man treading water. He did so flawlessly, so that his head never went under the water. Professor Lyall suspected him of practicing such maneuvers in the bathtub."

-- Gail Carriger

#Dog Quotes #Men Quotes #Water Quotes

“My young men shall never work. Men who work cannot dream, and wisdom comes to us in dreams.”

Source : "Wisdom of the North American Indian in speech and legend". Book by Alexander Francis Chamberlain, 1913.
“Being beautiful is not in the way you dress nor on the pigments you put in your face. Being beautiful is being simple.All girls are insecure, they may not show it, but they are, every girl believes that they have a 'defect' but honestly, you don't! every girl is beautiful, no matter what she wears, what she looks like, or how her body is. don't worry about that senseless stuff, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.”
“As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination. Once upon a time, I wasnâ€™t here. Before that, my parents werenâ€™t here. And before thatâ€¦”
“I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.”
“I didnâ€™t marry The One, I married this one, and the two of us became one.”
“When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.”
“Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing”
“The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.”

Source : "Fulbright: The Dissenter". Book by Haynes Bonner Johnson and Bernard M. Gwertzman, 1968.

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