"I'd never have written the big books in London."

-- Jilly Cooper

#Book Quotes #London Quotes #Big Book Quotes

“Well, the thing is, I actually have a fear of horses, so I wouldnt make a very good cowboy.”
“Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.”
“You've got to try this," I told Bones, handing him the glass. "It's like Cristal and O-Negative had a love child.”
“When there is spirit and light, the dark forces of whatever is hidden and suppressed - like hatred and separation - become more powerful.”
“I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my share of eating too. I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wondering awed about on a splintered wreck I've come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air, whose bloodied and scarred creatures are my dearest companions, and whose beauty bats and shines not in its imperfections but overwhelmingly in spite of them...”

Source : "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek". Book by Annie Dillard, 1974.
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
“She hadnâ€™t meant to get trapped in a conversation. That was the trouble with offering help to old people.”
“You always learn something from mistakes.”

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