"Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing."

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Source : Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.232, Hot Key Books

Garth Nix

#Begging Quotes #Beggar Quotes

“I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I've been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event.”
“He's the game all right.”
“Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.”

Source : Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.87, Macmillan
“Women cannot claim the right to be considered mature and responsible until they decide the course of their lives for themselves and refuse to be a "manipulated group." They will not be truly emancipated untilthe right to work is a matter of course and not of discussion.”
“Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried, of the summer that is gone.”
“Give me five minutes and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life.”
“Volume grows spatially slower than scaling.”
“We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building.”

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