"While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen, there are others who acknowledge no law, human or divine, but the law of Scotland."

-- George Combe

#Character Quotes #Scotland Quotes #Law Quotes

“The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.”
“Right now I've got just two rules to live by. Rule one: don't taunt elephants. Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants. -Sergeant Schlock”
“And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry.”
“Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never concern himself about us, if we don't wake anybody up. But if we awake the sleeping sinner he will gnash on us with his teeth. This is our work - to wake people up.”
“It's so hard to listen to these trains outside my window, here it comes again. And it's calling me, begging me, follow me down the track. And it moans so dark and low, baby ain't comin' back... It sounds like crying, it sounds like letting go. Breathing and lying, sinking and dying slow. And I watch from my window, touching the cold glass sky. As the train rolls down the track, I say goodbye.”
“Itâ€™s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you wonâ€™t be able to deal with it.”
“Touch me â€˜til my ribs become piano keys, â€˜til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.”
“As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.”

Source : "Karl Ove Knausgaard: 'I have given away my soul'". Interview With Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2012.

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