"So we came to the Ritz hotel and the Ritz Hotel was divine. Because when a girl can sit in a delightful bar and have delicious champagne cocktails and look at all the important French people in Paris, I think it is divine."

-- Anita Loos

#Girl Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Paris Quotes

“It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I could hear a thud as they hit the floor joists, then a scuttling sound, then, worst of all, the silence of spiders.”

Source : Bailey White (2009). “Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living”, p.18, Da Capo Press
“Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.”

Source : David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.357, Random House
“The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!”
“The hellish instruments of war must be smoked out while there is still peace. The Trade Union Movement must be compelled not to allow their old resolutions to fade in the files.”
“Always surround yourself with friends that have plenty of light in them. That way, you will always have candles around you when days are dark.”
“But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believeâ€¦”

Source : Knut Hamsun (2011). “Mysteries”, p.141, Souvenir Press
“Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of course it is unimaginable. We are right to be in the Middle East, and we are right to treat this as the war it is.”
“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.”

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