#ness

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#city #country #darkness #familiar #friendly

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#mind #possession #prized #quality #state

Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that. ↗

— Golda Meir

#against #anything #bear #children #discriminated

Logan Cale: If I just had my ass handed to me by a size three, I'd be inclined to mind my own business. ↗

— James Cameron

#business

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

#backward #dinner #goodness #sake #serve

In Chinese business culture, humility is a virtue. ↗

— Stefan H. Verstappen

#china #travel #business

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy. ↗

— John Mayer

#age #certain #certain age #get #happiness

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#bare #bring #callousness #condemnation #despised

I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring. ↗

— Mark McGrath

#because #boxer #courage #fighter #i

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. ↗

— George Sand

#life #love #loved #only #to love