"The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above."

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Source : Eleanor Catton (2013). “The Luminaries”, p.18, Granta Books

Eleanor Catton

#Views Quotes #Way Quotes #Social Quotes

“Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.”
“I have a real low tolerance for parasites, and you're so close to the limit that I'm already reaching for the flea powder.”

Source : Linda Howard (2012). “Shades Of Twilight”, p.222, Simon and Schuster
“The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.”
“A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.”
“I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.”
“You have to have a good script. You have to have compelling and complicated characters that you want to hang out with. Also, since you're going to be living with your crew and cast, I think it's really critical to create a great working environment, because we're spending so many days, so many hours together.”
“They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, 'the law of belief with the law of prayer,' and so, under the pretext of restoring it to its primitive form, they corrupted the order of the liturgy in many respects to adapt it to the errors of the Innovators.”
“I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi.”

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