"Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver. S. H." It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets."

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

#Nice Quotes #Dark Quotes #Fog Quotes

“Around the outskirts of the city, cut off from town by the black oval of the river, everything was in darkness. Everyone ugly was in bed by now.”
“Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for the side it supports.”
“The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.”

Source : Irving Fisher (2007). “The Nature of Capital and Income”, p.202, Cosimo, Inc.
“I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay community.' Expunge that expression from your vocabulary. We are not a community.”
“If I, this mortal shell, am going to die, let me at least live on through my creations.”
“The Bee Gees are a fly-by-night sort of group.”
“I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.”
“There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it”

Source : Kathy Acker (1997). “Bodies of Work: Essays”, Serpents Tail

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