From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
nobody is such a fool as to moider away his time in the slip-slop conversation of a pack of women.
My roses are my jewels; the sun, moon, and stars my clocks; fruit and water my fare.
Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike education so much is, that it makes all people alike, until you have examined into them; and it sometimes is so long before you get to see under the varnish!
. . . I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies.
It is only the vulgar who are always fancying themselves insulted. If a man treads on another's toe in good society, do you think it is taken as an insult?
Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it.
We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.
Only when we accept and forgive all that is or has been the good, the bad, and the ugly of our human lives can we get off the guilt trip and back into the flow. That means we must love our humanness and all of our failings; we must accept, learn from, and yes, even love our mistakes.
You're a Dark-Hunter. " He kissed her lightly on the lips. "What I am is a man in love with a woman. I want you, Amanda. For the rest of my blessedly short mortal life. I want to wake at dawn with you in my arms and watch our children play and fight.
If you do not help me," Tessa said to Jem, "I swear, I will change into you, and I will lift him myself. And then everyone here will see what you look like in a dress. " She fixed him with a look. "Do you understand?