“There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.” FirstsMayReasonHappensMovingLiteratureSpeakUnderstandingPleasureTeachHigherFunctionMereAffectionSailOarRudders Book:Leaders in literature Source: Leaders in literature
“One is so apt to think of people's affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there: and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships.” PeopleThinkingBelieveStillsReasonMovingI BelieveHalfBrokenDifficultyAffectionFixedQuantityTidesGoing OutAllowanceFriendship Broken Author:Freya Stark
“People who take the risk make a tremendous discovery: The more things you care about, and the more intensely you care, the more alive you are. This capacity for caring can illuminate any relationship: marriage, family, friendships-even the ties of affection that often join humans and animals. Each of us is born with some of it, but whether we let it expand or diminish is largely up to us. To care, you have to surrender the armor of indifference. You have to be willing to act, to make the first move.” PeopleFirstsHumansCareMovingBornAnimalAliveRiskWillingDiscoveryCapacityAffectionCaringSurrenderIndifferenceTiesDiminishArmorFamily FriendsHumans And Animals Author:Arthur Gordon Webster
“There’s nothing wonderful or interesting about unrequited love. I think it’s shitty, just plain shitty. To love someone who doesn’t return your affections might be exciting in books, but in life it’s unbearably boring. I’ll tell you what’s exciting: sweaty, passionate nights. But sitting on the veranda outside the home of a sleeping woman who isn’t dreaming about you is slow moving and just plain sad.” ThinkingBookHomeDreamMightMovingNightSleepInterestingWonderfulReturnSittingExcitingPassionateAffectionBoringUnrequited LoveLove SomeoneUnrequitedDreaming About You Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.” MadeIdeasEyeMovingActingVirtueStageAffectionVisibleSublimePlatoOur LoveSupplementsPulpitLove And AffectionPlato S Author:Benjamin Disraeli