"Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments."

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Source : 'Mr Facey Romford's Hounds' (1865) ch. 32.

Robert Smith Surtees

#Would Be Quotes #Enjoyment Quotes #Pleasant Quotes

“It's not the writer who determines how good she is anyway. Writers don't determine that. It's readers who determine that.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.”
“If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.”
“Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game.”

Source : "Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax" by David Kushner, www.wired.com. March 10, 2008.
“The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by parentsduring this period is that they cannot do the work of living and relating for their children. They can be sounding boards and they can probe with the children the consequences of alternative actions.”
“The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before.”
“Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.”
“Whenever you face obstacles, crises and dilemmas and your confidence is in your associates more than in God- it is a sign your faith is deteriorating.”

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