"A madness of tender caressing seized her. She purred as a tiger might have done, while she undulated like a snake."

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Source : Elinor Glyn (1907). “Three Weeks”

Elinor Glyn

#Snakes Quotes #Done Quotes #Might Quotes

“Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod through like wet sand. But it is a pleasure to achieve, if one can, a clear running prose that is simple yet full of surprises. This does not just happen. It requires skill, hard work, a good ear, and continued practice.”
“But then history does not only consist of documents.”

Source : John Lukacs (2011). “The Hitler of History”, p.265, Vintage
“Money is the medium of exchange, and it's how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic crap.”
“I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.”
“Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light.”
“Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become clear and radiant as they are? But man's spirit draws him like a moth to the ephemera of this world, and in their heat he is consumed entire.”
“I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My one actual beauty trick is pretty cliche: Never, ever go to bed with your makeup on.”
“Science, unguided by a higher abstract principle, freely hands over its secrets to a vastly developed and commercially inspired technology, and the latter, even less restrained by a supreme culture saving principle, with the means of science creates all the instruments of power demanded from it by the organization of Might.”

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