"It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture."

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Source : Ford Madox Ford (2012). “Parade's End”, p.5, Vintage

Ford Madox Ford

#Guarantees Quotes #Texture Quotes #Odd Quotes

“Painting completed my life.”
“You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.”
“There are two things that people [are surrounded by and] avoid trying to understand. One is music, and the other is electricity.”
“You can make a beautiful thing, but there's no problem in it. I like the idea of doing a thing, wrecking a thing, questioning a thing to the point where you have pushed it to the edge, and then recuperating it.”
“Figuring out how to eat healthfully on your own without your parents' guidance is one of the hardest lessons you must learn when you leave home for college.”

Source : Daphne Oz (2010). “The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works”, p.15, Harper Collins
“Love is evil, spell it backwards, Iâ€™ll show ya.”
“We were mighty short of infielders in those days”
“I love sexy, intelligent women. Sexiness is hard to define. Of course a woman can be beautiful, but I think it's something in the eyes. It's a woman saying something secretive, something in her eyes that's almost animalistic.”

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