"The curse of God must have been on our people when we chose him out of so many noble sons of the South, who would have carried us safely through this Revolution."

-- P. G. T. Beauregard

#War Quotes #Son Quotes #People Quotes

“I just want to keep working hard, stay humble, and keep trying to win games.”
“But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.”
“It is always to be understood that a lady takes all you detract from the rest of her sex to be a gift to her.”
“If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.”
“No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.”
“The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both.”
“I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.”

Source : Susanna Clarke (2009). “The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories”, p.26, A&C Black
“I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and never play a contemporary character.”

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