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[T]his expressed only a little of what she felt. The rest was that she had never been loved before. She had believed it, but this was different; this was the hot wind of the desert, at the approach of which the others dropped dead, like mere sweet airs of the garden. It wrapped her about; it lifted her off her feet, while the very taste of it, as of something potent, acrid and strange, forced open her set teeth. Henry James
Oscar Wilde quote: "we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others"
we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others Oscar Wilde
Now to sum it up,' said Bernard. 'Now to explain to you the meaning of my life. Since we do not know each other (though I met you once I think, on board a ship going to Africa), we can talk freely. The illusion is upon me that something adheres for a moment, has roundness, weight, depth, is completed. This, for the moment, seems to be my life. If it were possible, I would hand it you entire. I would break it off as one breaks off a bunch of grapes. I would say, "Take it. This is my life. Virginia Woolf
Margaret Thatcher quote: "Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money."
Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money. Margaret Thatcher
Agatha Christie quote: "Miss Bulstrode had another faculty which demonstrated her..."
Miss Bulstrode had another faculty which demonstrated her superiority over most other women. She could listen. Agatha Christie
The lovers were just entering the grounds of the pension. They were leaning toward each other as the water oaks bent from the sea. There was not a particle of earth beneath their feet. Their heads might have been turned upside down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether. Kate Chopin
Jason once told me that eye contact is the most intimacy two people can have -- forget sex -- because the optic nerve is technically an extension of the brain, and when two people look into each other's eyes, it's brain-to-brain. Doug Coupland
Stephen Fry quote: "Education is the sum of what students teach each other between..."
Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars. Stephen Fry
You have to accept that sometimes that's how things happen in this world. People's opinions, their feelings, they go one way, then the other. It just so happens you grew up at a certain point in this process. Kazuo Ishiguro
Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's. J. K. Rowling
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "When she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her..."
When she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her mind than that winter is approaching. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone. It was the choicest gift of Heaven; and Anne viewed her friend as one of those instances in which, by a merciful appointment, it seems designed to counterbalance almost every... Jane Austen
Rock bottom is an inability to cope with the commonplace that is so extreme it makes even the grandest and loveliest things unbearable...Rock bottom is everything out of focus. It's a failure of vision, a failure to see the world as it is, to see the good in what it is, and only to wonder why the hell things look the way they do and not some other way. Elizabeth Wurtzel
Michel de Montaigne quote: "I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach..."
I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other Michel de Montaigne
In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first. Brian Tracy

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