"It is not possible to love and be wise."

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Source : Josephine Tey (2012). “To Love and Be Wise”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

Josephine Tey

#Wise Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Being Wise Quotes

“For the Amahuaca, the Koyukon, the Apache, and the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Australia - as for numerous other indigenous peoples - the coherence of human language is inseparable from the coherence of the surrounding ecology, from the expressive vitality of the more-than-human terrain. It is the animate earth that speaks; human speech is but a part of that vaster discourse.”

Source : David Abram (2012). “The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World”, p.179, Vintage
“It's clearly more fun to make the rules than to follow them.”
“Myrnin:I could murder a cheeseburger right now Oliver:focus ya fool”
“I do have a Bentley. I do go out.”
“There is no such thing as a false idea.”
“Skullcrack City messes with your mind the way William Burroughs or a bellyful of hallucinogens will do. I'm a longtime fan of Johnson. A master of derangement, he's been bringing it for years. This time, though, it's different. He's burst into the clear and is taking seven-league strides across the literary landscape.”
“Shura...are you...in love with me?" "Turn to me," Alexander said. She turned. "Tatia, I worship you. I'm crazy in love with you. I want you to marry me.”
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”

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