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Yunnan Quotes By Frances Hodgson Burnett

There were in this strange nature, depths so awful and profound that it was not to be sounded or to be judged as others were. But one thing could have melted or caused the unconquerable spirit to bend, and this was the overwhelming passion of love
not a slight, tender feeling, but a great and powerful one, such as could be awakened but by a being of as strong and deep a nature as itself, one who was in all things its peer. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

Yunnan Quotes By Liao Yiwu

In these remote corners, I have discovered a center point, where East met West, and although there has been a collision of cultures, there is now a new Christian identity that is distinctly Chinese.
The circuitous mountain path in Yunnan province is red because over many years it has been soaked with blood. — Liao Yiwu

Yunnan Quotes By Kelley Armstrong

Yes you're getting your tattoo." I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!" "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him it wasn't turning his little girl into a streetwalker." "I never said that," Dad said. "No?" I said. "Cool. Cause I've decided to skip the paw print. I'm thinking of a tramp stamp with flames that says 'Hot in Here.' No wait. Arrows. For directionally challenged guys — Kelley Armstrong

Yunnan Quotes By Henry Miller

When one spends what he has on himselef, when one has a thoroughly good time with his own money, people are apt to say he doesn't know what to do with his money. — Henry Miller

Yunnan Quotes By Dietmar Hopp

When Ralf Rangnick was in charge, you could see he was out to force a pressing game. — Dietmar Hopp

Yunnan Quotes By Alex Tizon

A month before the Treasure Fleet's maiden voyage, at the age of thirty-four, Zheng He commissioned an epitaph inscribed on a stone pillar over his father's grave in Yunnan province. He worshiped his father, who had died in battle. The epitaph, one of only three known testimonials from the admiral, described his father's character:

'He was content as an ordinary commoner, but he was brave and decisive in his ordinary life. There was no one in this community who did not look up to him. When he encountered the unfortunate, including widows, orphans, and others with no one to rely on, he routinely offered protection and aid. He cherished the bestowal of extraordinary favours. By nature, he was fond of doing good.'

This revelation of a softer version of manhood as the ideal in much of Asia provided another piece of the answer to the question of how Westerners came to perceive Asians as less masculine. — Alex Tizon

Yunnan Quotes By Toni Sorenson

When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is. — Toni Sorenson

Yunnan Quotes By Amanda Eliasch

Part of me is very shy. — Amanda Eliasch

Yunnan Quotes By Erica Sehyun Song

My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church bells, reassuring me that everything would return to normal. — Erica Sehyun Song

Yunnan Quotes By CM Punk

I'm Straight Edge for me, so what everyone else is doing, it doesn't matter. I've never been pressured to drink or smoke or anything by any of the boys, and if anything, a lot of them like me because I'm always the designated driver. I'm the one who makes sure everyone gets home alright and I'm happy doing that. — CM Punk

Yunnan Quotes By Jahangir Khan

Squash is my passion, and it is in my blood. — Jahangir Khan

Yunnan Quotes By Chila Woychik

God, O God, where art thou? Thou art as distant to me as the lady combing rice in the Yunnan Province of China or a piece of floating space debris circling Pegasi. In this feeling-dead world of post traumatic stress, skepticism is king, queen, and court jester. — Chila Woychik

Yunnan Quotes By Stephenie Meyer

Another legend claims that we descended from wolves - and that the wolves are our sisters still. — Stephenie Meyer

Yunnan Quotes By Frederic Farrar

The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost." — Frederic Farrar

Yunnan Quotes By Christopher Moore

Thou wretched pillar of syphilitic pheasant-fuck! — Christopher Moore

Yunnan Quotes By Milan Kundera

pleasure without happiness is not pleasure. — Milan Kundera

Yunnan Quotes By Terry Tempest Williams

Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest ... it transcends the individual ... Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind ... They are basic to who we are.
A story composite personality which grows out of its community. It maintains a stability within that community, providing common knowledge as to how things are, how things should be
knowledge based on experience. These stories become the conscience of the group. They belong to everyone. — Terry Tempest Williams