"You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away."

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Source : Ellis Peters (2015). “House of Green Turf”, p.144, Open Road Media

Ellis Peters

#Truth Quotes #Half Quotes #Demand Quotes

“Since it is proposed to regard chemical reactions as electrical transactions in which reagents act by reason of a constitutional affinity either for electrons or for atomic nuclei, it is important to be able to recognize which type of reactivity any given reagent exhibits.”
“My pen and paper causes a chain reaction, to get your brain relaxing.”
“Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.”
“I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.”
“The opposite of the happy ending is not actually the sad ending-the sad ending is sometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending is actually the unsatisfying ending.”
“A sweetly scented angel fell, she laid her head upon my disbelief, and battled with me with her ever smile.”
“One of the great autoharpists and folksingers of our times.”
“In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.”

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