Indulgence Quotes - Page 15

• Jimmy had been full of himself back then, thinks Snowman with indulgence and a little envy. He’d been unhappy too, of course. It went without saying, his unhappiness. He’d put a lot of energy into it.

  Margaret Atwood

  Thinking, Envy, Unhappy

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• Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation.

  Eric Liu

  Children, Self, Comfort

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• It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Responsibility, Heart, Years

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• What an indulgence it would be, to just blow off my head, all my mean spirits disappearing with a gun blast, like blowing a seedy dandelion apart.

  Gillian Flynn

  Suicidal, Mean, Blow

  Gillian Flynn (2009). “Dark Places: A Novel”, p.153, Broadway Books

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• Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.

  Stephen King

  Pride, Self, Deception

  Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• After all, what more does a true genius want? The mind itself is the palace where all the real treasures, the works of art, the indulgences exist.

  Alex Scarrow

  Art, Real, Mind

  "TimeRiders: The Eternal War". Book by Alex Scarrow, July 14, 2011.

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• It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations.

  John Green

  People, Chocolate, Dying

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.18, Penguin

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• But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence.

  Libba Bray

  Son, Men, Different

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.605, Delacorte Press

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• Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.

  Paul Theroux

  Knowing, Luxury, Feelings

  Paul Theroux (2012). “The Lower River”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights.

  George Washington

  Exercise, Rights, Class

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1792). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.93

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