"They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the birds fall quiet in the trees of the town square. Yes but these are the same portents that precede lunchtime, frankly."

-- Chris Cleave

#Fall Quotes #Clouds Quotes #Squares Quotes

“Lawyers are natural politicians.”
“His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It became perfectly clear to him that he could entertain no hope of finding in someone else the same aspirations and antipathies; no hope of linking up with a mind which, like his own, took pleasure in a life of studious decrepitude; no hope of associating an intelligence as sharp and wayward as his own with any author or scholar.”

Source : Joris-Karl Huysmans (1959). “Against nature: a new translation of À rebours”
“What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. After you do, he'll never phone you.”
“It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.”
“I think that indigenous women's wisdom is crucial. So much of the care of the Earth has come from the mothers. I think it's imperative we turn to their wisdom in how to take care of the planet.”
“No martyr ever went the way of duty, and felt the shadow of death upon it. The shadow of death is darkest in the valley, which men walk in easily, and is never felt at all on a steep place, like Calvary. Truth is everlasting, and so is every lover of it; and so he feels himself almost always.”
“If I'm going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences.”
“Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping.”

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