"Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs."

-- Marisha Pessl

#Spring Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Swimming Quotes

“Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend.”
“Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.”
“So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond usâ€¦ But the test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well. We pass the test by showing that we remembered Him and the commandments He gave us. And to endure well is to keep those commandments whatever the opposition, whatever the temptation, and whatever the tumult around us.”
“Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.”
“An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”

Source : 'Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany' (1654) act 1
“Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable ...”
“I'm not making films just to be bold.”
“The stock market has always had its own meter. Sometimes it's ahead of itself, sometimes it's behind itself. A broken watch is right twice a day.”

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