"People have been warning us that language was going to the dogs ever since Latin started turning into French. Yet the dogs in question never seem to emerge yelping on the horizon."

-- John H. McWhorter

#Dog Quotes #Latin Quotes #People Quotes

“The moment of cocoa-drinking was always the moment of confidences.”
“We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the past.”
“People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul - satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.”
“Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do.”
“Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in order to behave decently.”
“There is sort of a small town mentality on the east coast of Canada.”
“All life worth living is difficult, nobody promised us happiness; it is not a commodity you have earned, or shall ever earn. It is a by-product of brave living, and it never comes in the form we expect, or at the season we hoped for, or as the result of our planning for it ...”

Source : Katherine Anne Porter, Isabel Bayley (1994). “Letters of Katherine Anne Porter”, p.204, Atlantic Monthly Press
“If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.”

Source : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.224, A&C Black

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