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Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#desire #female #friendship #happiness #her

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#complete #created #eternal #foolishness #great

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding. ↗

— Andre Gide

#misunderstanding #most #quarrels

I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#because #celebrities #draw #get #i

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#been #could #everything #forever #go

Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?' ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#always #enough #every #few #finally

My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#born #brazil #communal #corrupt #democracies

What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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