Defining Quotes
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“A love story is not about those who lost their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothing—not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient

“At any rate, Therese thought, she was happier than she ever had been before. And why worry about defining everything?”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt

“Everyone wears clothing, yes? Society divides these clothing up into Men & Women’s, Boys & Girlsâ€�, Jr. & Miss. But society cannot decide who wears what. While the fabric may be cut to suit a traditionally male or female body (boy or girls body), the second the buyer purchases the item, that clothing no longer becomes 'boys' or 'girls' clothes, but rather, the buyers clothes. This is an example of the individual defining the identity term vs. the identity term defining the individual.”
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“All concepts in which an entire process is semiotically concentrated elude definition; only that which has no history is definable.”
― On the Genealogy of Morals
― On the Genealogy of Morals
“I want to be defined by the things that I love. Not the things I hate, not the things I'm afraid of, not the things that haunt me in the middle of the night. I, I just think you are what you love.”
― LOVER
― LOVER

“In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'.”
― Lines & Lenses
― Lines & Lenses

“You have a faculty for defining the simplest in terms of the grandiose, so that a poor devil like me can't understand it.”
― Eating People is Wrong
― Eating People is Wrong

“We usually don't realize the thing that is defining our identity until that thing is taken away.”
― Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters
― Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters

“I spent 2021 through to 2023 on Hawaii Island defining the new classification of altitude sickness and developing the supplements that treat it.”
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