“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
“A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.”
― Inés of My Soul
― Inés of My Soul
“There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”
― Because of Winn-Dixie
― Because of Winn-Dixie
“The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord."
Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.”
― Unseen Academicals
Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.”
― Unseen Academicals
“The best men tell you the truth because they think you can take it; the worst men either try to preserve you in some innocent state with their false protection, or are ‘brutally honest.’ When someone tells, lets you think for yourself, experience your own emotions, he is treating you as a true equal, a friend…And the best men cook for you.”
― How to Make an American Quilt
― How to Make an American Quilt
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