"There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and bigamy, sir, is a crime!'"

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Source : "There Once Was an Old Man of Lyme" l. 1 (date unknown)

William Cosmo Monkhouse

#Men Quotes #Wife Quotes #Funny Marriage Quotes

“Do I make you nervous, Madame Lambert?â€ â€œNo. I just prefer to keep my distance.â€ â€œEvil isnâ€™t contagious.â€ â€œI thought you said you werenâ€™t the most evil man in the world?â€ â€œIâ€™m not. But that doesnâ€™t mean Iâ€™m a good man.â€ â€œI donâ€™t think anyone would argue with that.”

Source : Anne Stuart (2007). “Ice Storm”, p.87, MIRA
“I like playing these awkward moments in between that build relationships. I donâ€™t ever want to play that character that grabs the girl and has my way with her. Thatâ€™s just not who that character is. If Daryl falls in love with you, heâ€™s going to love you for the rest of his life.”
“The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness.”
“You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone.”
“I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children.”
“I'm not a woman that's an athlete! I'm an athlete!”
“The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.”
“Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up.”

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