"Don’t you love quotations? I am immensely fond of them; a certain proof of erudition.... [I]f you should happen to write an insipid poem... send it to me, and my fiat shall crown you with immortality."

-- Frances Brooke

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“Attention is the vital thing and there is no tension in attention. It just happens to be a similar word. It's not concentration or straining. Attention has the openness of a young child not yet dominated by the conceptual mind.”
“There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.”
“You must walk to the beat of a different drummer. The same beat that the wealthy hear. If the beat sounds normal, evacuate the dance floor immediately! The goal is to not be normal, because as my radio listeners know, normal is broke.”
“When you get past fifty, you have to decide whether to keep your face or your figure. I kept my face.”
“How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.”
“An execution order hasnâ€™t kept us apart before. There are ways to get around it. We will be together.â€ â€œIs that an order?â€ â€œNo, a promise.”
“I just broke up with my girlfriend because I caught her lying. Under another man.”
“Much has happened since last we met, Bartimaeus," he went on. "Do you remember how we parted?" "No." I did. "You set light to me, old friend. Struck a match and left me burning in a copse." The crow shifted uneasily beneath the cleaver."That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland...”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion

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