"On the whole, mental archaeology was a sordid digging proposition. The evil men did endured, the good was infinitely more ephemeral. You could generally find out whether a man had been a horse-thief, or an embezzler or a wife-beater, if you worked hard enough, but acts of kindness, of charity, a gay spirit, vanished without leaving a trace."

-- Helen Kieran Reilly

#Horse Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Gay Quotes

“My mother did what many men do. She left.”
“What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have cried over it, tobe sure! What sickbeds it has smoked by! What fevered lips have received refreshment from it! Nature meant very kindly by women when she made thetea plant; and with a little thought, what a series of pictures and groupsthe fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup.”
“Writing is a delicious agony.”
“Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie!”
“Impression minus expression leads to spiritual depression.”

Source : Joseph C. Aldrich (1977). “Secrets to inner beauty”
“Ocean waters..oceans deep..Serious poets never sleep.”
“I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself”
“I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.”

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