"He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands."

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Source : Susanna Clarke, Portia Rosenberg (2005). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.604, A&C Black

Susanna Clarke

#Waiting Quotes #Dumb Quotes #World Quotes

“I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films.”
“I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave." I yawn. "So very long as that?" When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.”
“If nice guys finish last, then great guys come in right after them.”
“Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.”
“I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ***** off to get out of it as soon as possible.”
“Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well.”
“Aww, whats the problem, gertrude? You mean to tell me that you can't walk into a bar with a $100 bill on your forehead and walk with anything, either male or female?”
“Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.”

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