"Every individual taste, every natural appetite, was bridled by caution. The people asleep in those houses, I thought, tried to live like the mice in their own kitchens; to make no noise, to leave no trace, to slip over the surface of things in the dark."

-- Willa Cather

#Dark Quotes #People Quotes #House Quotes

“Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.”
“I have had hundreds and hundreds of stroke cases. My methods cured them--when they were so stiff they were almost dead.”
“Politics never takes a holiday in Chicago.”

Source : Jane Byrne, Paul Simon (2004). “My Chicago”, p.310, Northwestern University Press
“I would love to meet my soul mate. I'm always kind of keeping my eyes open for somebody.”
“Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.”
“Count your blessings. Every time I am doing bad I count my blessings. And I always lose count. Try that sometime.”
“Prince Charles's concern for the underprivileged and disadvantaged has not exactly endeared him to the Conservative Central Office. As Norman Tebbit replied, it is not surprising that the Prince is so sympathetic towards the unemployed: he is by way of being one of them himself.”
“I think everyone always has time to suffer.”

Source : John Barnes (2009). “Tales of the Madman Underground”, p.16, Penguin

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