"My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are very normal. We have an understanding, I think, that what I do isn't quite down their alley."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Alissa Nutting

#Religious Quotes #Brother Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.”

Source : Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.159, Delphi Classics
“When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (2007). “The Diary of a Chambermaid”, Harper Collins
“What do you call a stock that's down 90%? A stock that was down 80% and then got cut in half.”
“Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.”
“When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.”
“A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.”
“Rereading a favorite novel first read 5, 10, or 20 years ago, is a measure of our travel, how far we've come; it's a way of visiting an earlier self.”
“Thunderstick?... You actually said, 'Thunderstick?'... That, my friend is a Winchester 30.06.”

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