14 quotes found
“We are all a slave to our passions”
“I can still smell dog poo everywhere. It stinks.”
“Time they say is a great healer, but in this case, I am not sure that is true.”
“The feeling of abandonment overwhelmed me as I realised that no one had waited, or cared where I was.”
“I gulped and remained silent, a tear streamed down my face as I looked away, hoping she didnt notice.”
“Sometimes you just need the comforts of home, the familiarity of your own family bed and only the pampering a mother can do.”
“Shrieking Brookes name as loudly as I could, out in the corridor, I brought her running quickly to my room.Whats happened, whats wrong? she immediately cried concerned, legging it up the stairs two...”
“This seems to be happening more and more, the dreams from the past blurring into reality and sadly, I preferred to be in the dream world rather than reality.”
“What would your young students say, who have come so far to hear you and prefer your severe lectures to ease of a worldly life, if they should discover you secretly a slave to your passions and a v...”
“Mistakes happen and life is full of twists and turns, but you mustnt let any set backs hold you back from moving forward. Life is too short to dwell on things that have gone wrong.”
“Abelard to Heloise Banish me, therefore, for ever from your heart it is the best advice I can give, for the remembrance of a person we have loved guiltily can not be hurtful, whatever advances we...”
“Sometimes there are people in this world that you meet. Most of these people remain just that, passing acquaintances that further down the line you will struggle to remember their names, let alone ...”
“Sometimes you may have not even talked to that person, just seen them at a distance, but inside something has ignited. It may be curiosity, to be able to understand the thoughts in that persons hea...”
“It became evident, that in Paris, only one man could fulfil Heloises educational needs, Peter (or as the French called him, Pierre) Abelard, a thirty-seven year old philosopher and teacher”