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“I dont think men like a bad girl. Well, I havent had a date in a year so Im obviously doing something wrong. Its not that my standards are too high, I havent even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please!”
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“I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.”
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“Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.”
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“People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t”
Source : Stephen Fry (2011). “Moab Is My Washpot”, p.284, Soho Press
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“To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too.”
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“Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.”
Source : Rupert Sheldrake (1988). “The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature”, Vintage
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“I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.”
Source : "Letters of Edward Lear: To Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Frances Countess Waldegrave".
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“Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that makes the novel possible. Change the limits and the force leaves. The novel becomes impossible.”
Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016. 
