"Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible exception of bottles, there's nothing in the cosmos large enough or malicious enough to frighten them, or stupid enough to try."

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Source : Tom Holt (2012). “Djinn Rummy”, p.79, Hachette UK

Tom Holt

#Stupid Quotes #Elephants Quotes #Worry Quotes

“The world has witnessed the rise and fall of monarchy, the rise and fall of dictatorship, the rise and fall of feudalism, the rise and fall of communism, and the rise of democracy; and now we are witnessing the fall of democracy... the theme of the evolution of life continues, sweeping away with it all that does not blossom into perfection.”
“There was a village watercolour society and they'd come and paint in my field. I watched them from the window, the way they would struggle this way and that to find the perfect moment. God has made every angle on that beautiful, and I felt that tremendously.”
“You completely rediscovered & relived everything to do with wildlife.”
“God hath put no such difference between the Male and Female as man would make.”

Source : Margaret Fell (1989). “Womens Speaking”
“The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.”
“If any person should meddle with my cause, I require them to judge the best'.”
“If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.”
“I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.”

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