"The gods are fugitive guests of literature."

-- Roberto Calasso

#Guests Quotes #Literature Quotes #Fugitive Quotes

“I wonder if Bettie Page original gay cult had something to do with the ironies inherent in her image, as well as her innate fabulousness as an image.”
“There is a great need for a sarcasm font.”

Source : Darynda Jones (2012). “Third Grave Dead Ahead”, p.26, Macmillan
“At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.”
“It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States.”
“Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.”
“A book is valuable not only for what it says but for what it makes you think, or causes you to remember. No matter what you wish to do or become there are books to teach you, help you, guide you.”
“Change is the very fabric of our time.”
“Gripping my arm, Mother held it in the orange-blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat.”

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