"I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land."

-- Mark Twain

#War Quotes #Eagles Quotes #Land Quotes

“Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely.”
“Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore.”
“After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.”
“Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.”
“Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent”
“Even when we strive for perfection , life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections.”

Source : Peter Prange (2011). “The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel”, p.379, Simon and Schuster
“If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.”
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