"He regarded himself as an accomplished writer â€” a clear sign of madness in anyone."

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Paul Theroux

#Madness Quotes #Accomplished Quotes #Clear Quotes

“No creaking gates, no gothic towers, no shuttered windows. Yet for the past ten months this house has been the focus of an astonishing barrage of supernatural activity.”

Source : "Ghostwatch", www.imdb.com. 1992.
“The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.”
“A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.”

Source : Will Cuppy (1929). “How to be a Hermit: Or, A Bachelor Keeps House”, Castrovilli Giuseppe
“Wake up meat head, don't pretend that you are dead.”
“Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained to them”
“The orator, who may be silent without danger, may praise without difficulty and without reluctance; and posterity will confess that the character of Theodosius might furnish the subject of a sincere and ample panegyric. The wisdom of his laws and the success of his arms rendered his administration respectable in the eyes both of his subjects and of his enemies. He loved and practised the virtues of domestic life, which seldom hold their residence in the palaces of kings.”
“But my brother Joey was there, and my sister Tina Nina Minnelli was there.”
“I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.”

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