"Viceis a creature of such heejous mienthat th' more ye see it th' betther ye like it."

-- Finley Peter Dunne

#Vices Quotes #Creatures Quotes

“Disappointment requires adequate planning.”
“In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed.”
“See, you have to marry me. I seem to scare off all the help.”

Source : Lynsay Sands (2011). “The Vampire eBook Collection”, p.409, Hachette UK
“Gospel ministers should not only be like dials on watches, or mile-stones upon the road, but like clocks and larums, to sound the alarm to sinners. Aaron wore bells as well as pomegranates, and the prophets were commanded to lift up their voice like a trumpet. A sleeping sentinel may be the loss of the city.”
“Cognitive consonance is what writing in the Age of the idiot is all about. The key to success in the scribbling profession is to strike the right balance of mediocrity in writing and thinking, which invariably entails echoing one of two party lines, poorly.”
“Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrowâ€™s hand.”
“We can and should complain about certain horrors of the modern world, but when it comes to the treatment of mental illness, the advances made in the last hundred years have been far more significant than the space program, nuclear fission, or even The Wire, for so many fortunate people.”

Source : Rob Delaney (2013). “Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.”, p.35, Hachette UK
“Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”

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