"The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society."

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Henry Adams

#Marriage Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“The only lie I really remember from my adolescence was when I was in sixth grade and I was dropped off with a couple of friends at the movie theater to go see a movie, I can't remember which one it was, and we went to go see this movie instead that was rated R. That was sort of a defining moment, that was probably the first time I had ever lied to my parents about something.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I do not myself find it agreeable to be 90, and I cannot imagine why it should seem so to other people. It is not that you have any fears about your own death, it is that your upholstery is already dead around you.”
“It is the special privilege of the fine artist to reveal immediate data with a clarity, intensity and purity that promotes them to a special degree of reality.”
“Style is a deeply personal expression of who you are, and every time you dress, you are asserting a part of yourself.”
“I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It's a screwball business, and there are a lot of players who will straight-up lie to you.”
“Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.”

Source : Samuel Richardson (2015). “Clarissa Harlowe V: Samuel Richardson Collections”, p.151, 谷月社
“Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.”
“To those who will see, the world waits.”

Source : Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.530, Simon and Schuster

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