"If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another."

-- Paul Fussell

#War Quotes #Truth Is Quotes #Casualties Quotes

“A book may not tell us exactly how to live our own lives, but our own lives can teach us how to read a book.”

Source : Rebecca Mead (2014). “My Life in Middlemarch”, p.100, Broadway Books
“Chess is one long regret.”
“It's good to take a longer view and think, what would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?”
“Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion”
“I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.”
“Every team is beatable, you know.”
“Plastic shoes are to the shoe world what fast food is to fine cuisine.”

Source : Mimi Pond (1985). “Shoes never lie”, Berkley Pub Group
“Nurses never tell you what they know. They're hired for their cheeriness and the thickness of their hair. They need to look alive and healthy, to give the patients something to aim for.”

Source : Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

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