"one only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do ..."

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Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.1514, Delphi Classics

Margaret Oliphant

#Duty Quotes #Disagreeable Quotes

“Maybe I could just James Bond my way down the cable if I draped the scarf over it, clinging to the ends as my body careened down it to safety-- Careened. What an ugly word that was”

Source : Katie Macalister (2005). “Fire Me Up: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.155, Penguin
“I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.”
“I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.”
“Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.”
“Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!”
“I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.”
“When you saw the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," that was Michael [Jackson]'s story write large. Born as an elderly person, Benjamin Button was, in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel and in the film starring Brad Pitt, he dies as a newborn child. Michael Jackson's childhood was one of enormous, prodigious production.He was a child prodigy, he was a wunderkind.”
“Your path at 22 will not necessarily be your path at 32 or 42.”

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