"Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch."

-- John Galsworthy

#Lunch Quotes #Owing Quotes #Modern Quotes

“I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If you ever spend a good amount of time there, you realize there are people who spend the entire day there. They're bookish homeless people.”
“We have contingency plans for war, but none for peace.”
“sometimes, how a situation is perceived carries more weight than the reality of the matter.”

Source : Tammara Webber (2012). “Easy”, p.144, Penguin UK
“The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.”
“Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you amass all these?' 'Well,' said Pewter, 'You know the person who always borrows books and never gives them back?' 'Yes...?' 'I'm that person.”
“As an author, you go into the school, it gets written about in the paper. It sucks that your book was banned, but you almost benefit from it. The bummer is all of the incredible educators. Nobody is writing about them. They are on the frontlines still, to this day, fighting to reinstate those programs.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.”
“When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they become a blessing in our world.”

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