The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

The only thing that stops you from your success is the fear of the unkown

Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.

My only love sprung from my only hate.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.

The wheel and the brake have different duties, but also one in common: to hurt one another.

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs.

Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.

I miss my mother very, very much.

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