"No, this is throwing up like coming off the tilt-a-whirl at age seven, like discovering that dead rat under the porch, like finding out someone you loved never loved you at all."

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Source : Megan Abbott (2012). “Dare Me: A Novel”, p.149, Hachette UK

Megan Abbott

#Age Quotes #Rats Quotes #Tilt Quotes

“Your existence is the only proof of mine”
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.”
“In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.”
“I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself”
“To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, â€œI am listening to this music,â€ you are not listening.”
“EXTREME LUXURY ISN'T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT'S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.”
“Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.”
“There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant of the fact that it cannot obey. This is called hobbling the army. By attempting to govern an army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant of the conditions which obtain in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds. By employing the officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.”

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