Affair Quotes - Page 11
A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there.
Amy Hempel (2010). “The Dog of the Marriage: Stories”, p.70, Simon and Schuster
Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted.
Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”
But since the affairs of men rests still incertain, Let's reason with the worst that may befall.
1599 Cassius to Brutus. Julius Caesar, act 5, sc.1, l.95-6.
Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens.
William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “The History of Pendennis”, p.15, Booklassic
William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.119, A&C Black
We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones.
Walter Lippmann (2012). “Public Opinion”, p.31, Courier Corporation
Thomas Cahill (2010). “How the Irish Saved Civilization”, p.177, Anchor
Theodore Roosevelt (1970). “Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt”