"If a man truly loves,....He does not consider the obstacles, the restrictions, the reasons why his choice may be flawed or impratical. He gives no heed to what others may think. His heart has no room for that, for it is filled to the brim with the unutterable truth of his feelings."

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Source : Juliet Marillier (2008). “Cybele's Secret”, p.369, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Juliet Marillier

#Heart Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer!”
“I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.”
“In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue â€˜ethnicâ€™ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14%) or Twa (1%). The identity cards made it virtually impossible for Hutus to become Tutsis, and permitted the Belgians to perfect the administration of an apartheid system rooted in the myth of Tutsi superiorityâ€¦ Whatever Hutu and Tutsi identity may have stood for in the pre-colonial state no longer mattered; the Belgians had made â€˜ethnicityâ€™ the defining feature of Rwandan existence.”
“You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The poets and philosophers I once loved had it wrong. Death does not come to us all, nor does the passage of time dim our memories and reduce our bodies to dust. Because while I was considered dead, and a headstone had been engraved with my name, in truth my life was just beginning.”
“I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.”
“Sometimes it's easier to be as bad as they expect you to be.”
“The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.”

Source : Sir William Temple (1814). “The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: To which is Prefixed, the Life and Character of the Author, Considerably Enlarged”, p.547

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