“Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. —WINSTON CHURCHILL”
― Origin
― Origin
“...the Confederacy of the Humbled is a close-knit brotherhood whose members travel with no outward markings, but who know each other at a glance. For having fallen suddenly from grace, those in the Confederacy share a certain perspective. Knowing beauty, influence, fame, and privilege to be borrowed rather than bestowed, they are not easily impressed. They are not quick to envy or take offense. They certainly do not scour the papers in search of their own names. They remain committed to living among their peers, but they greet adulation with caution, ambition with sympathy, and condescension with an inward smile.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Love is not a finite emotion. We don’t have only so much to share.”
― Origin
― Origin
“Love is not a finite emotion.
We don’t have only so much to share.
Our hearts create love as we need it.”
― Origin
We don’t have only so much to share.
Our hearts create love as we need it.”
― Origin
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