Contrapuntal Texture Quotes

#1. I want no proof of affection but of engagement I do.

Jane Austen

#2. I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.

P.T. Barnum

#3. When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

Sharon Salzberg

#4. Love, in short is the most dangerous emotion human can experience

V.C. Andrews

#5. We are off! And do we know it, not just because the world is yelling "Lift-off" in our ears, but because the seats of our pants tell us so! Trust your instruments, not your body, the modern pilot is always told, but this beast is best felt. Shake, rattle and roll!

Michael Collins

#6. Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.

Zelda Fitzgerald

#7. In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don't be far from me, and also don't come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on the texture of your cloth, but don't unveil your face to me. Allow me to hear the rivers that you send running, but Lord! Lord! Don't allow me hearing your voice

Amin Maalouf

#8. Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

Homer