#imperious

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#being #brilliant #british #class #culturally

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#dog #head #imperious #like #minute

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#enough #few #imperious #instincts #make

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world. ↗

— George Sand

#lover #menaces #more #prayers #than