20 januar 2018

From " A quiet passion"( Emily Dickinson )

Vinnie: You judge too hashly because you judge too highly.

Emily:  Lowering a standard is the first execuse for every villainy.

Vinnie: - and keeping to one high principle is the last refuge of the intolerant.

Emily: -and what of integrity? Austen was once fierce in his defence of it. And now it seems an incomprehense to be easily put aside!

Vinnie: Integrity if taken too far can be equally ruthless!

Emily: - and do I fit into that category?

Vinnie: sometimes.

Quotes from Ruth Burrows

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