"Love amazes, but it does not surprise."

-- Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Doe Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from.”

Source : "Investment Gurus: A Road Map to Wealth from the World's Best Money Managers" by Peter J. Tanous, (p. 267), 1999.
“I think I have a gift, but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself.”
“We must admit that the divine banquet of the brain was, and still is, a feast with dishes that remain elusive in the blending, and with sauces whose ingredients are even now a secret.”
“My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about”
“My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected”
“I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.”
“My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing.”
“I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.”

Source : "Christmas Carol" by Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2005.

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