"I didn't want to tell Mother I worked as a journalist. She thought I was a prostitute. Locking yourself in a room and inventing characters and conversations which do not exit is no way for a grown man to behave."

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Source : Sebastian Horsley (2016). “Dandy in the Underworld”, p.243, Hachette UK

Sebastian Horsley

#Mother Quotes #Character Quotes #Men Quotes

“I like to write about love plus an obstacle. Not a really big obstacle; not too serious and not too funny. Just somewhere nicely in between - a combination of the two.”
“I lay in bed and watched moments break into phenomenal particles of panic and could actually see the divine crack of Godâ€™s ***** as he completely turned his back on me.”

Source : Arthur Nersesian (2010). “Dogrun”, p.113, Simon and Schuster
“There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love.”

Source : Dodie Smith (2017). “I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition”, p.65, St. Martin's Griffin
“We never know which of us will start the chain reaction. But one of us will.”
“When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality.”
“I can show you new things, have you feeling spiritual.”
“Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these thresholds, within which youth dwells.”
“The study of yoga makes me inspired. And then the teaching of yoga makes it that much more real. The sense that this practice and this tool helps other people be centered, be present, and helps them really [be] embodied and [have] a life.”

Source : "A Conversation with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee". Interview with Rachel P. Goldstein, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 7, 2012.

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