“Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón , book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

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Spanish writer 1964

Guy Finley (1949) American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician

The Secret of Letting Go

“Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away. The others hang on and never let go.”

Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) Swiss sculptor and painter (1901-1966)

As cited in: Kay Larson, " The thin man https://books.google.nl/books?id=ZckBAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70," New York Magazine, 7 October 1985, p. 70
Giacometti, 1985

“And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.”

Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 248
The Book of Disquiet
Original: E seja o nosso desprezo para os que trabalham e lutam e o nosso ódio para os que esperam e confiam.

“Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.”

Gregory Maguire book Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Source: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“Trusting government nowadays means dividing humanity into two classes: those who can be trusted with power to run other people’s lives, and those who cannot even be trusted to run their own lives.”

James Bovard (1956) American journalist

From Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen (St. Martin's Press, 1999) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigram%20page%20Freedom%20in%20Chains.htm