"Why, I can't help smiling at people, and speaking prettily to them. I know I'm no better than the rest of the world; but I can't help it if I'm pleasanter. It's constitutional."

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Source : Mary Elizabeth Braddon (2015). “Lady Audley's Secret”, p.115, Sheba Blake Publishing

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Helping Quotes

“I remember people would talk about Country Music like it was this sexist, lame thing. Well, no, because Dolly Parton is writing songs and playing her guitar and producing. She's doing it all and she's got hits on the radio.”
“We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.”
“August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.”
“Dead men may envy living mites in cheese, Or good germs even. Microbes have their joys, And subdivide, and never come to death.”
“I think it's that everyday training that is what's really important.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“I watched the way they looked at each other. Any idiot could see they were in love, even if they were the only two idiots who couldn't.”
“.. every single corner and aspect of our lives, every single choice, will be different if we take the invitation of this [Rumi's] poetry to act from the Divine Center of Silence and allow the glory of the Presence to soak our every movement.”

Source : Andrew Harvey (2013). “The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi”, p.120, North Atlantic Books
“I was not a popular girl, so being able to create punk who didn't have to be beautiful in the mainstream way helped me to get in touch with sexuality and become comfortable with the idea that I didn't have to look like Farrah Fawcett to feel attractive, to feel sexual power.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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