"I'm a tuning fork, tense and twanging all the time."

-- Edna O'Brien

#Tuning Quotes #Forks Quotes #Tense Quotes

“Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament.”
“It's better to be one who is told to wait than one who waits to be told.”

Source : John G. Miller (2004). “QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life”, p.104, Penguin
“The werewolf is neither man nor wolf, but a satanic creature with the worst qualities of both.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dr. Yogami". "Werewolf of London", www.imdb.com. 1935.
“A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky.Two gulls drift slowly up the river.Vulnerable while they ride the wind,they coast and glide with ease.Dew is heavy on the grass below,the spider's web is ready.Heaven's ways include the human:among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone.”

Source : Du Fu, “I Stand Alone”
“The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.”
“All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time.”
“Each and every day, Israel's very existence is at stake.”
“It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.”

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