My Beautiful Laundrette Quotes & Sayings

On the threshold of the moral world we meet the idea of Freedom, 'one of the weightiest concepts man has ever formed,' once a dogma, in the course of time a hypothesis, now in the eyes of many a fiction, yet we cannot do without it, even although we may be firmly convinced that our acts are determined by laws that cannot be broken. — Havelock Ellis

I fancy it must be the quantity of animal food eaten by the English which renders their character insusceptible to civilization. I suspect it is in their kitchens and not in their churches that the reformation must be worked. — Thomas Jefferson

It seems to me, Monsieur, that there is nothing more galling in great physical misfortunes than to be compelled to make all those about us share in our sufferings. The ills of the soul one can hide, but those which attack the body and destroy the faculties cannot be concealed. — Charlotte Bronte

What was emerging meanwhile in ECW was certainly revolutionary, even if the term is defined down within the context of play fighting. — David Shoemaker

Of all possible sexual perversions, religion is the only one to have ever been scientifically systematized. — Louis Aragon

Here is unfenced existence — Philip Larkin

I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me. — Marc Jacobs

Allah said in the Holy Qur'an there are many kinds of hearts,

Heart healthy: it is faithful to God and free of distractions

Penitent heart: a lasting return to God and repent to him

Heart diffidence: who's afraid of Allah

Heart met: to maximize their God

Living heart: who believes in God and thank him and not be ungrateful him

The patient's heart: is free of suspicion or hypocrisy

Blind: a heart that does not see right

The heart of sin: it stifles the right certificate

Arrogant heart: which flaunts on people and argue and fight

Large heart: and he who tended him compassion and mercy

Harsh: a heart that knows no God and no MOT

Heart dopey: it overlooked his role and his worship life

O Lord, let our hearts of hearts sound the repentant — Qur'an

Fool:
"He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health,
a boy's love, or a whore's oath."
King Lear (III, vi, 19-21) — William Shakespeare

Leonie Barrow knew enough about real criminal investigations to know full well that cases rarely if ever hinged on an encyclopedic knowledge of tobacco ash or the curious incident of the butler's allergy to spinach. — Jonathan L. Howard

Costis bowed stiffly. I am here to make sure that you stay in bed, Your Majesty, because if this offends you and you order me summarily executed, it is no loss. Politically speaking. — Megan Whalen Turner

She shouted at Rune, "You did not just do that!"

His deep voice sounded overhead. "How is that disbelief working out for you? — Thea Harrison

Nature releases resistance sometimes slowly, other times powerfully, and always by example. Suddenly out of that calm comes momentum from a new direction. — Colleen Mariotti

Threat is such an unattractive word. Think of it as inspired relationship building."
Gabrielle "Gabby" Lin — Micah Caida

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe