"We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon"

-- Walter Scott

“God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.”

Source : Sigrid Undset (2013). “The Axe: The Master of Hestviken”, p.144, Vintage
“Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.”
“It's sometimes difficult living in France. People are more open minded in England, and of course I'm missing England in terms of football and the passion that the fans show, they're really passionate.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.”
“Try not to take pictures which simply show what something looks like. By the way you put the elements of an image together in a frame show us something we have never seen before and will never see again.”
“An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.”
“My mom was [a hippie]. We weren't allowed sugar cereal. We weren't allowed processed foods-except Van de Kamp's fish sticks. We never locked the front door.”

Source : "Motherhood Quotes from the Pages of ELLE". www.elle.com. May 11, 2012.
“Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.114, Granta Books

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