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Quote by Pearl Bailey

“The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.”

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Pearl Bailey, an American actress, was born on March 29, 1918, and passed away on August 17, 1990. She was renowned for her performances in musical theater, film, and television, known for her distinctive voice and stage presence. more

“I have studiously tried to avoid ever using the word 'madness' to describe my condition. Now and again, the word slips out, but I hate it. 'Madness' is too glamorous a term to convey what happens to most people who are losing their minds. That word is too exciting, too literary, too interesting in its connotations, to convey the boredom, the slowness, the dreariness, the dampness of depression.”

Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

“What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.”

Men Want May Choices Cost Independent Independence Notes From The Underground

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.”

Given Dare Punishment Stoops Crime And Punishment

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Gerald Westerby, he told himself. You were present at your birth. You were present at your several marriages and at some of your divorces, and you will certainly be present at your funeral. High time, in our considered view, that you were present at certain other crucial moments in your history.”

Moments Certain Views Birth Divorce Crucial Funeral Crucial Moments

Author:John le Carre

“Dead isn’t angels or ghosts. It’s a physical state of breakdown, a change in all those carbon atoms that create the temporary house of a body so that they can return to their most elemental stage.”

States Body House Stage Return Angel Ghost Temporary Atoms Carbon Breakdown Elementals

Book:The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules

Source: The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules

“One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence.”

Humans Ends Courses Simple Enlightenment Complexes Superiors Human Intelligence

Author:Voltaire

“Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?”

Source: Perfect You

“Always before, I just said no, left it solidly there. I waver now. I want to share everything with him. Want to know what he knows, feel what he feels, share the same space he's in.”

Knows Want Feels Said Left Space Share

Book:Fallout

Source: Fallout

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