"Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always suspects they don't."

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Source : Jane Rule (2013). “Against the Season: A Novel”, p.234, Open Road Media

Jane Rule

#Love Is Quotes #People Quotes #Secret Love Quotes

“This dull river has a deep religion of its own; so, let us trust, has the dullest human soul, though, perhaps, unconsciously.”
“When I'm off the clock, I usually play video games - or do something nature-y so I can contribute to Mother Nature.”
“Why do we not exhaust the heritage of the ages, spiritual and material for our immediate pleasure, and let posterity go hang? So far as simple rationality is concerned, self-interest can advance no argument against the appetite of present possessors. Yet within some of us, a voice that is not the demand of self-interest or pure rationality says that we have no right to give ourselves enjoyment at the expense of our ancestors' memory and our descendants' prospects. We hold our present advantages only in trust.”
“Fear cannot stay in the same house as Jesus Christ.”
“Neil [Simon] was considered our greatest [living playwright] at the time [of their marriage]. Maybe he still is; I don't know. But anyway, he was hugely successful, and I just kind of got folded into that. And in some ways, he protected me, but in other ways, I wasn't fully able to step out, you know? He didn't want me to go away so much. The work that we did together was great, and I don't regret it, but what I am saying is that I didn't get an opportunity to explore some other areas that were offered to me early on. I took what I might call a U-turn.”
“I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”
“If you want, I can carry youâ€”â€ â€œIâ€™m fine,â€ she said shortly. â€œLetâ€™s go.â€ Heâ€™d said that wrong. He should have said, â€œI want to carry you.”
“Noble fathers have noble children.”

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