"Laughter is very young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard."

-- Lady Margaret Sackville

#Laughter Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Young Quotes

“I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.”

Source : Margaret Millar (2002). “Best Mysteries of All Time: A Stranger in My Grave”, Impress
“Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.”
“A man without tea in him is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.”
“Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.”
“There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.”

Source : Ian McDonald (2007). “River of Gods”, Pyr Books
“You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.”
“Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of the globalization of capital.”
“We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.”

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