"Despite my mum being from a small village in the middle of a forest, I'm not a country person. I don't like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and fondling a pig."

-- Ben Aaronovitch

#Country Quotes #Mean Quotes #Pigs Quotes

“I know that what I have done I can do again.”
“She liked Victorian novels. They were the only kind of novel you could read while eating an apple.”

Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.”
“Tis the ignorant who boast.”
“I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.”
“I love blood and violence! I've got a boner for murder!”
“Blue is a tranquilizer, imparting coolness to your system. Blue slows down your system so it can heal and mend. Positive qualities of blue are willpower, aspiration, and reliability. Foods of the blue vibration are: grapes, blackberries, blue plums, blueberries, and any other blue fruits or vegetables.”
“America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.”

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