Adriana Trigiani (1970) American film director
Source: Viola in Reel Life
Original: Dove non esista passione, non può durare nessuna relazione.
Source: prevale.net
Adriana Trigiani (1970) American film director
Source: Viola in Reel Life
Eric Hoffer book The True Believer
Section 29
The True Believer (1951), Part Two: The Potential Converts
Cate Tiernan (1961) American novelist
Source: Sweep: Volume 1
“physical beauty should have no importance in a lasting relationship.”
Julie Garwood (1946) American writer
Source: Gentle Warrior
“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Source: Works of Samuel Johnson
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
Cassandra (1860)
Context: Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity — these three — and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised? Men say that God punishes for complaining. No, but men are angry with misery. They are irritated with women for not being happy. They take it as a personal offence. To God alone may women complain without insulting Him!
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963