"Such excess of passion is quite out of fashion"

-- Edward Gorey

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“Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?”
“Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them come through when they're ready, don't think you can plan it al out. This day will never, no matter how long you live, happen again. It is exquisitely singular. It will never again be exactly repeated.”
“It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must patiently, believingly, continue in prayer until we obtain an answer; and further we have not only to continue in prayer unto the end, but we have also to believe that God does hear us, and will answer our prayers. Most frequently we fail in not continuing in prayer until the blessing is obtained, and in not expecting the blessing.”
“The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.”
“From joy all beings have come and unto joy they all return.”
“The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.”

Source : P. G. Wodehouse (1999). “A Wodehouse Bestiary”, p.35, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Whatâ€™s so curious about human beings is that we can look deeply into the future, foresee disaster, and still do nothing in the present to stop it. The majority of people on this planet, theyâ€™re overwhelmed with concerns about their immediate well being.”
“There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course he's the one, of course it was a dream, of course she's dead, of course, it's hidden right there, of course it's the truth and you in your seat have failed to notice in the dark.”

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