"The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect."

-- Oliver Lodge

#Fashion Quotes #Survival Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.”

Source : "Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999". Book by Benny Morris, 1999.
“This notion that man can, and should, have absolute dominion over the "chaotic" powers of nature and woman...is what ultimately lies behind man's famous "conquest of nature" - a conquest that is today puncturing holes in the earth's ozone layer, destroying our forests, polluting our air and water, and increasingly threatening the welfare, and even survival, of thousands of living species, including our own.”
“Just like the breakthroughs, the bad stuff always takes you by surprise. (121)”
“All day long I add up columns of figures and make everything balanced. I come home. I sit down. I look at a Kandinsky and it's wonderful.”
“Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.”
“Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.”

Source : George Chapman (1874). “The Works of George Chapman: Plays”, p.231
“Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.”
“This is April," he said, holding up the chicken. "She's the only friend I have left. I saved her from an evil chef at Tavern on the Green, and we've pledged eternal friendship.”

Source : Kirsten Miller (2011). “Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb”, p.116, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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