Frances Brooke quotes
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“Your love is from the imagination, not the heart.”
-- Frances BrookeSource : Frances Brooke (1777). “The History of Emily Montague”, p.25
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“Don’t you love quotations? I am immensely fond of them; a certain proof of erudition.... [I]f you should happen to write an insipid poem... send it to me, and my fiat shall crown you with immortality.”
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“We have been saying, Lucy, that 'tis the strangest thing in the world people should quarrel about religion, since we undoubtedly all mean the same thing; all good minds in every religion aim at pleasing the Supreme Being; the means we take differ according to where we are born, and the prejudices we imbibe from education; a consideration which ought to inspire us with kindness and indulgence to each other.”
-- Frances BrookeSource : Frances Brooke (2010). “The History of Emily Montague”, p.112, New Canadian Library
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“Don’t you love quotations? I am immensely fond of them; a certain proof of erudition.... [I]f you should happen to write an insipid poem... send it to me, and my fiat shall crown you with immortality.”
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“Piglet: "How do you spell 'love'?" Winnie the Pooh: "You don't spell it...you feel it."”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.11, Courier Corporation
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“The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”
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Source : "Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins" by Andrew Purcell, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2010.
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“Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.”
Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.109, Random House
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