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Though a spinster gathering dust, Sarah was well aware that most men responded well to praise. So well, in fact, that she often wondered if most wars might have been averted if only a woman had been close by to inform the warring factions
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“With all the playhouses closed on account of the plague, it would be a challenge to keep body and soul together.”
― The All Souls Trilogy
― The All Souls Trilogy
“Presumably, no, which was not shocking, for men were notoriously selfish, craving one thing only until it was in their grasp and then almost immediately desiring something else. They were supported in this endeavor by an ability to render their own needs noble—a sleight of hand summed up best by Richard Lovelace’s disingenuous feint in the poem “To Lucasta, Going to the Wars”: I could not love thee (Dear) so much, Lov’d I not Honour more.”
― A Lark's Conceit
― A Lark's Conceit
“That was the trouble with humans—fear of the unknown could make them rash, taking action to destroy rather than to learn.”
― Finch Merlin and the Legend of the Luminary
― Finch Merlin and the Legend of the Luminary
“The postures are only the "skin" of yoga. Hidden behind them are the "flesh and blood" of breath control and mental techniques that are still more difficult to learn, as well as moral practices that require a lifetime of consistent application and that correspond to the skeletal structure of the body. The higher practices of concentration, meditation and unitive ecstasy(samadhi) are analogous to the circulatory and nervous system." Georg Feuerstein The Deeper Dimension of Yoga”
― The Deeper Dimension of Yoga: Theory and Practice
― The Deeper Dimension of Yoga: Theory and Practice
“Of course,” Ysabeau replied. This phrase meant many things in his mother’s private lexicon. What it never meant was that she agreed with you.”
― The Book of Life
― The Book of Life
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