"What will happen to me, as the oyster said when he very inadvertently swallowed the gooseberry bush, nobody can tell."

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Source : Edward Lear (2001). “The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense”, Lane, Allen

Edward Lear

#Oysters Quotes #Said Quotes

“Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.”
“The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.”
“As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come.”
“I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.”
“Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness.”

Source : Tami Hoag (2006). “Prior Bad Acts”, p.221, Bantam
“In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost. Instead, we must strengthen the opposition as the best counterweight to extremists like ISIL, while pursuing the political solution necessary to solve Syria's crisis once and for all.”
“Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.”
“And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.”

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