"It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live!"

-- Emile Zola

#Joy Quotes #Had Enough Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“People quickly grow accustomed to being the slaves of mystery.”

Source : Guillaume Apollinaire, Peter F. Read (2004). “The Cubist Painters”, p.6, Univ of California Press
“Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.”

Source : Eric Greitens (2011). “The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL”, p.92, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If you don't have a deal, you wind up losing money.”
“After the first establishment of identity there comes the imperative need to lose this new-found sense of separateness and to belong to something larger and more powerful than the weak, lonely self. The sense of moral isolation is intolerable to us.”
“I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times”

Source : Pontus Hultén, Niki de Saint-Phalle (1992). “Niki de Saint Phalle: Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland”, Hatje Cantz Publishers
“The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit.”
“I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.”
“Prayer means lovingly contemplating the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, allowing our hearts to be enkindled to praise and adore the love and omnipotence of the most blessed Trinity.”

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