"I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do."

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Source : "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.

James Herbert

#Trying Quotes #Too Much Quotes #Pretentious Quotes

“Christian endeavor is notoriously hard on female pulchritude.”
“Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?”

Source : Anne Spencer, “Before The Feast Of Shushan”
“The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next”
“There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.”
“It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny.”
“A salesman called on my wife the other day and tried to sell her a freezer. You'll save a fortune on your food bills, he promised. I can't tell you how much you'll save. It'll be tremendous. Said my wife: I'm sure you're right, but we're already saving a fortune with our new car by not taking the bus. We're saving a fortune with our new washing machine by not sending out the laundry. We're saving a fortune with our new dishwasher by giving up the maid. The plain truth is that right now we just can't afford to save any more!”
“funny how ready people are to believe that counseling, which even when voluntary takes years to modify garden-variety neuroses, can work wonders in months with resistant patients who hate each other.”

Source : Katha Pollitt (1995). “Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism”, Vintage
“I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the disastrous beating of their wings.”

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