"I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of the usherettes standing along the sides of the red-carpeted staircase at the main entrance; I was afraid to go into a restaurant because I was intimidated by the waiters furtively hovering behind me waiting for my plate to be emptied."

-- Osamu Dazai

#Waiting Quotes #Awkward Quotes #Hovering Quotes

“Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability. Too often those with authority are able (and willing) to surround themselves with people who support their decisions without question.”
“Humanity and Immortality consist neither in reason, nor in love; not in the body, nor in the animation of the heart of it, nor in the thoughts and stirrings of the brain of it;--but in the dedication of them all to Him who will raise them up at the last day.”
“I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.”
“When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.”
“I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live.”

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“The more liberty you give away the more you will have.”
“She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.”
“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”

Source : Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.71, Open Road Media

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