"I've been walking about London for the last thirty years, and I find something fresh in it every day."

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Source : "Today" (London, England : 1893), Volumes 16-17, 1897.

Walter Besant

#Years Quotes #London Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“Yes the Jews do many foul things and they distort our foreign policy but not everything that goes bad can be blamed on the Jews.”
“Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?”
“I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.”
“In books lies the soul fo the whole past time.”
“But I've always been fascinated with that prettiest-girl-in-the-class person that I never was, getting inside her head and showing that she's just as tormented and messed up as everybody else.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You know what I'm thinking?' Maggie said. I had no idea. 'Nope,' David replied. Apparently David didn't know either. Maggie turned to me with pleading eyes.'Our babysitter has the flu.' 'I'm sorry to hear that,' I replied. Dead silence. I honestly had no idea what Maggie was getting at, so I misread the silence. 'It's not serious, I hope,' I said sympathetically.”

Source : Lisa Lutz (2013). “Trail of the Spellmans: Document #5”, p.185, Simon and Schuster
“I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.”
“My Irish passport makes me look like a chief of staff for the Provisional IRA.”

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