"When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness."

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Source : John O'Hara (2013). “Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.79, Penguin

John O'Hara

#Summer Quotes #Tired Quotes #Years Quotes

“O how feeble is man's power, that if good fortune fall, cannot add another hour, nor a lost hour recall!”
“The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.”
“Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His holy majesty; thou hast bereaved Him of beloved children; thou hast crucified the Son of His infinite love; thou hast vexed His gracious Spirit; thou hast defied His power; thou hast despised His grace; and in the body and blood of Jesus, as if that were a common thing, thou hast trodden under foot His matchless mercy. Surely, brethren, the wonder of wonders is, that sin is not that abominable thing which we also hate.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 546, 1895.
“We respect everybody's individual opinion, and we have so much respect for veterans. We're probably one of the biggest movie employer of veterans.”

Source : "The Man Behind The Bayhem: An Interview With Transformers Producer Ian Bryce". Interview with Alex Godfrey, www.empireonline.com. May 17, 2017.
“I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in the Middle East is the memory of the civil rights movement.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Patience is nobler motion than any deed.”

Source : "Radical Problems". Book by C. A. Bartol, 1872.
“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”
“Fenworth owned a world-famous library. More rooms held books than beds. Pillows stuffed in niches and comfortable chairs scattered throughout each room offered abundant paces to curl up and read.”

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