"All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people who should know better. Most of the time I just want to shake some sense into the world."

-- Stephen Hunt

#Vanity Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“I see consensual S&M no differently than I see consensual anything: as beautiful, and never any one thing.”
“Graham Wallas has reminded us that writing as compared with speaking involves an impression at the second remove and reading an impression at the third remove. The voice of a second-rate person is more impressive than the published opinion of superior ability.”

Source : Harold Adams Innis (2007). “Empire and Communications”, p.31, Rowman & Littlefield
“As my mother says, your forties are when you finally pay for your past mistakes, the cigarettes and sunburns, the Big Macs and smooth-talking men. She may be right.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2008). “Sweet Love”, p.28, Penguin
“Every encounter with a woman must be viewed as a negotiation, ... the difference being instead of coaxing them off rooftops, you're coaxing them into romance. And remember, the negotiator is always in control.”
“If there is any one truth from the legacy of the Cayce readings, it would be that there is a spiritual dimension to humans, something beyond time and space.”
“I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.”
“Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'”
“Perhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy.”

Source : Kathleen McGowan (2010). “The Poet Prince”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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