Lady Violet quotes
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“First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.”
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“No family is ever what it seems from the outside.”
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“Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”
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“Everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.”
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“If I were to search for logic, I would not look for it among the English upper class.”
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“There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends, that's the real test.”
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“Love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike.”
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“I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.”
Source : Anna Kavan, Brian Wilson Aldiss (1990). “My madness: the selected writings of Anna Kavan”
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Source : Man on his nature
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“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”
Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
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Source : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”