"Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/."

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Source : Mark Forsyth (2011). “The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language”, p.214, Icon Books Ltd

Mark Forsyth

#Taken Quotes #Mortgage Quotes #Pledge Quotes

“There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.”
“Dogs don't got the problems of people. Dogs can be happy any old time.”
“I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.”
“It's kind of ironic that if I get my Ph.D., I'll be a real doctor”
“When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.”
“I think of myself as a very lazy writer, though other people see it differently.”
“I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.”
“When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.”

Source : Pamela Ribon (2003). “Why Girls Are Weird: A Novel”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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