"That would be delightful,' agreed Flora, thinking how nasty and boring it would be."

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Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Stella Gibbons

#Thinking Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Nasty Quotes

“So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.”
“What worries me sometimes in the culture is that the role for music that actually challenges and enlightens the audience is being pushed to the sidelines.”
“I've got a couple of those Gossard Wonderbras. They are so brilliant, I swear, even I get cleavage with them.”
“Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper
“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.”
“I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.”
“Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs.”
“We're fifteen to twenty years out of date in how we think about renewables.”

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