Quotes
Authors
Gail Carriger
"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." --
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, you’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
