"I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as one has an alibi."

-- Anita Brookner

#Husband Quotes #Self Quotes #Important Quotes

“I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.”
“If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.”
“I hear you reproach, "But delay was best, For their end was a crime." Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve for a test As a virtue golden through and through, Sufficient to vindicate itself And prove its worth at a moment's view! . . . . . . Let a man contend to the uttermost For his life's set prize, be it what it will! The counter our lovers staked was lost As surely as if it were lawful coin; And the sin I impute to each frustrate ghost Is-the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin, Though the end in sight was a vice, I say.”
“We love our business. We have never been more enthusiastic about cable and its future.”
“The comments by the Leader of the Labour Party [Jeremy Corbyn] at the launch, however they were intended, are themselves offensive, and rather than rebuilding trust among the Jewish community, are likely to cause even greater concern.”
“Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.”

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“Redd's face contorted with a sudden realization. "How could I have been so stupid?" The Cat was trying to decide if this was a rhetorical question when she roared, "It's a construct!" With a dismiissive swing of Redd's arm, Alyss and her army began to shimmer, the billon points of engery that formed them monentarily visible before exploding apart into nothing. Redd scoped the queendom with her imagination's eye. "Where are you, Alyss? Where is my dear little niece?”
“I suppose all we can really share with people is a taste for the same kinds of weather.”

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