#mo

The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love

In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#citizen #civilisation #difficult #europe #evidence

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#crime #doing #false #first #first of all

When I saw the car pulling into the driveway and I saw her getting out and walking towards the house, can you imagine Nadezhda, I performed involuntary excretion in my trousers. ↗

— Marina Lewycka

#humor

You know there are a lot of different aspects to ourselves. It’s good to meet them, even engage them if we want to. Or just say, “The hell with them. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

When you say, “I’m just gonna think about God,” what are you thinking about? ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

You know when you’re by yourself you can say the most outrageous things. No one is listening. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

When you’re in the role of the teacher, the teacher must take on the role of the student and learn from him or her. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

#idea #moving #pencil #quickly

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#focus #future #important #mothers #our