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The only substance properly so called is the soul. ↗

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier. ↗

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#before #flint #force #forth #give

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#characteristic #chief #displacing #incompetence #journalism

The Western, when I do one, will be one long, continuous story. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#i #i do #long #story #western

Are you all right,” he whispered, his lips brushing the tips of my spiky hair. Granted, I knew he was only being discreet so as to save poor Hillary from being reamed again, but my knees didn’t know the difference. They betrayed me, buckling under his hot breath on my ear and the deep whisper that tickled my senses. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#family-saga #love #romance-love #romantic-suspense #young-adult

I'm certainly no victim in this. I don't want to come off as a sad sack; I pissed a lot of people off. ↗

— Harry Anderson

#come #i #lot #off #people

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#horrible #life #people #started #were

There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#nasty #nice #nice things #nicer #ones

Only silence perfects silence. ↗