"Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death experiences and their comparative frequency with regards to her good self, Alexia should probably have allowed extra time for such a predictable happenstance."

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Source : Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.24, Hachette UK

Gail Carriger

#Self Quotes #Trying Quotes #Should Quotes

“In times of panic man seems to exchange his soul for a tail.”
“Everybody works but the vacant lot”
“The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.”

Source : John Selden (1847). “The Table-talk of John Selden Esq: With a Biographical Preface and Notes”, p.42
“In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.”
“Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, youâ€™ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.”
“With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.”
“I got into television criticism because I thought it would be easier than film criticism. Film, you had to know 100 years of history, and TV you only had to know 40 when I started. And I thought, "Well, that's going to be so much easier." But film stayed pretty much the same. And television has changed so many times that my head hurts. So I made the wrong call there.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.”

Source : Source: briansherwin-artcritic.blogspot.com

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