"Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context."

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Source : John Wyndham (2008). “The Midwich Cuckoos”, p.85, Penguin UK

John Wyndham

#Said Quotes #Quotations Quotes #Of Context Quotes

“There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence.”
“I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs.”
“After a burglary of all her most valued and treasured possessions, Winston Churchill's aging mother wrote: "That burglar relieved me of an obsession. For years, I've had to take houses big enough to hold all these bibelots. I am almost grateful to him."”
“Oh, but it was splendid the things women were doing for men all the time, thought Jane. Making them feel, perhaps sometimes by no more than a casual glance, that they were loved and admired and desired when they were worthy of none of these things - enabling them to preen themselves and puff out their plumage like birds and bask in the sunshine of love, real or imagined, it didn't matter which.”

Source : Barbara Pym (1981). “Jane and Prudence”, Dutton Adult
“Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'”
“Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison”

Source : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
“I didn't want to be the crippled songwriter or the crippled singer. I wanted to be the singer or the songwriter who was crippled. I wanted to be larger than life and a man among men.”
“Revenge never does anyone any good. Killing the person you hate will never ease the pain. Always look forward! Follow the path of light!”

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