"The memory of man is as old as misfortune"

-- Lawrence Durrell

#Memories Quotes #Men Quotes #Misfortunes Quotes

“Don't date a woman with satin sheets on her bed (she didn't put them there just for you).”
“After three days without one, the desire to read a newspaper vanished. And really, one was happier without.”

Source : Josephine Tey (1998). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.155, Simon and Schuster
“But fairness is where weâ€™re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are hashing out their feelings about gays and lesbians. The trajectory is undeniable. The trend line is clear. And the choice before the justices is whether to be handmaidens to history, or whether to sit it out.”
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”
“... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture.”
“The overall physical demand that Iraq has is pretty amazing. It's 130 degrees, and the soldiers are carrying about 100 pounds of extra gear. It's a pretty rigorous schedule and routine for them.”
“Mr. Thornton felt that in this influx no one was speaking to Margaret, and was restless under this apparent neglect. But he never went near her himself; he did not look at her. Only, he knew what she was doing â€” or not doing â€” better than anyone else in the room. Margaret was so unconscious of herself, and so much amused by watching other people, that she never thought whether she was left unnoticed or not.”
“I only want the truth to be known, for everyone to take responsibility for their actions.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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