Quotes from My Uncle Oswald

“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from My Uncle Oswald

“Life is more fun if you play games.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from My Uncle Oswald

“Listening to my father during those early years, I began to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from My Uncle Oswald

“You mean to tell me,’ I said, ‘that every time I pleasure a young lady, I shoot into her two thousand million spermatozoa?’ ‘Absolutely.’ ‘All squiggling and squirming and thrashing about?’ ‘Of course.’ ‘No wonder it gives her a charge,’ I said. A.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from My Uncle Oswald

“over the years i have discovered a surprising but simple truth about young ladies and it is this: the more beautiful their faces, the less delicate their thoughts.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from My Uncle Oswald

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“تبدأ المعرفة بالوعي بمدى خديعة مداركنا وحواسنا إيانا, بمعنى أن الصورة التي لدينا عن الحقيقة المادية لا تتفق تماما مع الحقيقة الحقيقية. ذلك أن أغلبية الناس أنصاف أيقاظ-أنصاف حالمين. وأنهم على غير وعي بأن ما يرونه حقيقة وأمورا واضحة لا تحتاج لإثبات ليست إلا اوهاما من صنع ايحاءات البيئة الاجتماعية التي يعيشون فيها. وتبدأ المعرفة اذا بتبديد الوهم. والمعرفة تعني رؤية الحقيقة عارية, تعني النفاذ تحت السطح والسعي, الإيجابي النشيط والنقدي, للاقتراب من الحقيقة دائما.”
― Erich Fromm, quote from To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche

“Bildiğim bir şey varsa oda karşılığını vermeden bir şey alamayacağınızdır, istediğiniz şey ne kadar büyükse karşılığında ödemeniz gereken bedel de o kadar büyük olur.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Oracle Night

“All pain is the same. Only the details are different.”
― Kevin Powers, quote from The Yellow Birds

“I’m sorry I fought you, Mace,” I whispered. “But now that you’re mine again, I’m never going to let you go.”
― Kristen Ashley, quote from Rock Chick Reckoning

“He wanted to tie her to him in ways she'd never escape. But they'd be the most loving, silken ties in the world.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn

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