"It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner."

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Georgette Heyer

#Ironic Quotes #Dresses Quotes #Growing Quotes

“I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world”
“Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.”
“I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?”
“Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.”
“Am I in the Forbes 100? Absolutely not, and I'll never be there. But for the first time I make so much money that I feel poor, like I have to cultivate and protect this fortune. But I never had more than $20 in my pocket before RuPaul's Drag Race so I feel so privileged with money, it's terrible. I bought a $300 beige t-shirt today.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“As far as feminism is concerned ... the problem in the world is men, and they, in their natural state, are essentially incompatible. They must be tamed. They must be tempered, 'cause men are naturally brutes. They fight. They sweat. They expel gas. They're dirty. They get into fights. Ewww! And we've got to somehow reprogram all of that out, because otherwise women will be in constant peril.”
“The mind, properly controlled, can do just about everything. You can think your way through adversity, you can think your way through problems. It is a superpowerful instrument which so few use to maximum. And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.”
“A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is entirely capable of bringing this country to a point where it will have no security at all.”

Source : "The Illusion of Total Security". Radcliffe Commencement Address on June 16, 1954. The Atlantic Monthly, No.194, August 1954.

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