"Harold Brodie is a louse and a lothario who cheats at cards and has a different girl in his rumble seat every week. That coupe of his is pos-i-tute-ly a petting palace. And heâ€™s a terrible kisser to boot.â€ Evieâ€™s parents stared in stunned silence. â€œOr so Iâ€™ve heard."

-- Libba Bray

#Girl Quotes #Parent Quotes #Silence Quotes

“From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.”
“Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'”

Source : Where is Science Going? epilogue (1932)
“A multitude of small delights constitute happiness”

Source : Charles Baudelaire (1951). “My heart laid bare, and other prose writings”
“Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.”

Source : "Fictional character: Terry McKay". "An Affair to Remember", www.imdb.com. 1957.
“All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.”
“Well, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic!”

Source : "Total recall" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2005.
“No, Not even remotely...Because I don't care. I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me, I pick roles based on how they're going to inspire me intellectually.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.”

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