"I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend."

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

#Enemy Quotes #Fool Quotes #Energetic Quotes

“I have been seized by the power of a great affection.”
“You stole from a member of the undead”
“Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.”
“The word "Blue" does not mean the sensation caused by a gentian on the human eye; but it means the power of producing that sensation: and this power is always there, in the thing, whether we are there to experience it or not, and would remain there though there were not a man left on the face of the earth.”
“There is no greater power on this earth than story.â€ Will paced the length of the room. â€œPeople think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsenseâ€”words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutionsâ€”words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.â€ Will grabbed the sheaf of newspaper clippings he kept in a stack on his desk. â€œThis, and theseâ€â€”he gestured to the libraryâ€™s teeming shelvesâ€”â€œtheyâ€™re a testament to the countryâ€™s rich supernatural history.”
“Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?”

Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1986). “The Cat Who Could Read Backwards”, p.69, Penguin
“The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.”
“One of two things when the guy you're dating isn't really ready to commit. He's an a**hole and he's cheating on you; bottom line he's an immoral dude. Or, he's too young. And the advice I give to everybody night in and night out is: Don't ever take seriously, don't ever consider, don't even pay any attention to what a man says or does until he gets to about 30.”

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