"A guest should be permitted to graze, as it were, in the pastures of his host's kindness, left even to his own devices, like a rational being, and handsomely neglected."

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Source : Louise Imogen Guiney (1885). “Goose-quill Papers”

Louise Imogen Guiney

#Kindness Quotes #Past Quotes #Guests Quotes

“Like most people who smoked umpteen cigarettes a day, I tasted only the first one. The succeeding umpteen minus one were a compulsive ritual which had no greater savour than the fumes of burning money.”

Source : Clive James (2013). “The Complete Unreliable Memoirs”, p.292, Pan Macmillan
“Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.”
“I am proud to be the president of the state of Israel.”

Source : "Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". RFEL Interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.
“Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.”
“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.”

Source : Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1644, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I will never hurt a girl, I respect them too much”
“My body is beautiful and sacred, and I'm going to celebrate it.”
“It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.”

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