"A very good drink they call Chaube that is almost as black as ink and very good in illness, especially of the stomach. This they drink in the morning early in the open places before everybody, without any fear or regard, out of clay or China cups, as hot as they can, sipping it a little at a time."

-- Leonhard Rauwolf

#Morning Quotes #Coffee Quotes #Black Quotes

“There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.”
“Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police aren't going to come and take you away. Even William Strunk, that Mussolini of rhetoric, recognized the delicious pliability of language. "It is an old observation," he writes, "that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric." Yet he goes on to add this thought, which I urge you to consider: "Unless he is certain of doing well, [the writer] will probably do best to follow the rules."”
“Apparently I'm in rehab for intensive partying soooo I'm just going to lay pretty low for a bit and maybe get some frozen yogurt.”

Source : "Ireland Baldwin Checks Into Rehab" by Michael Rothman, abcnews.go.com. April 14, 2015.
“Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises.”
“The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than yourself; and this is a form of consolation open to every one. But what an awful fate this means for mankind as a whole! We are like lambs in a field, disporting themselves under the eye of the butcher, who chooses out first one and then another for his prey.”
“You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.”
“Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring.”

Source : "Dead As A Doornail: A True Blood Novel". Book by Charlaine Harris, July 30, 2009.
“If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing.”

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