"Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service."

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Source : Wilkie Collins (2015). “Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins”, p.45, e-artnow sro

Wilkie Collins

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“I believe that most of us would like to be thought well of by horses.”

Source : Russell Hoban (1992). “The moment under the moment: stories, a libretto, essays and sketches”, Vintage
“Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!”
“Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.”
“The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.”

Source : "MISSION TO BE BEST / Andre Ward, 8-0, gets ready for his first 8-round fight" by John Crumpacker, www.sfgate.com. April 25, 2006.
“Europe was a horrible place. There was nothing on TV. The food was terrible. And they don't even have ice. Who doesn't have ice?”
“To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.”
“We can love with our minds, but can we love only with our minds? Love extends itself all the time, so that we can love even with our senseless nails: we love even with our clothes, so that a sleeve can feel a sleeve.”
“We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any kind and no prospects whatsoever.”

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