"I'm a solitary sort, I get chaffed by too many elbows."

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Source : Louis Bayard (2009). “The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel”, p.36, Harper Collins

Louis Bayard

#Elbows Quotes #Solitary Quotes

“If free men refused to look at dead bodies then brave men will have died in vain.”
“The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.”

Source : Ursula Hegi (2012). “Children and Fire: A Novel”, p.249, Simon and Schuster
“In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arson's and, last but not least, I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry.”
“Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for Â£200,' to a bored colourist in a Mayfair salon, which is much more satisfying, not to mention cheap.”
“Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.”
“One and one make 2. But if you bring 1 and 1 close together they make 11.”
“If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.”
“If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are looking for spiritual growth.”

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