Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
Anthony TrollopeRead
Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
Interpretation
Book love refers to the profound joy and pleasure one experiences from reading.
In this quote, Anthony Trollope emphasizes the immense joy and fulfillment that can be derived from the love of books. He suggests that engaging with literature opens the door to a unique and divine pleasure, portraying reading as not just a pastime but a cherished experience that connects us to something greater than ourselves.
In practice
In a book club meeting discussing the importance of literature.
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
But she knew this,βthat it was necessary for her happiness that she should devote herself to some one. All the elegancies and outward charms of life were delightful, if only they could be used as the means to some end. As an end themselves they were nothing.
What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.
Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.
Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves. All human destiny is this dilemma. This dilemma, destruction or salvation, no fate proposes more inexorably than love. Love is life, if it is not death. Cradle; coffin, too. The same sentiment says yes and no in the human heart. Of all the things God has made, the human heart is the one that sheds most light, and alas! most night.
Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today?
She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
Love makes you see a place differently, just as you hold differently an object that belongs to someone you love. If you know one landscape well, you will look at all other landscapes differently. And if you learn to love one place, sometimes you can also learn to love another.
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