"For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he receives a pension and equals, it may be, for a few months, the income of a retired butler!"

-- Samuel Laman Blanchard

#Income Quotes #May Quotes #Months Quotes

“Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.”
“Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.”
“You can study gravity forever without learning how to fly.”
“There's racism everywhere.”
“A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.”
“Greatness is always envied - it is only mediocrity that can boast of a host of friends.”

Source : Marie Corelli (1972). “Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and Conduct”, p.332, Health Research Books
“If you want to change a person, you've got to change the situation.”

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