"If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea."

-- Sean O'Casey

#Literature Quotes #Way Quotes #Fleas Quotes

“The greatest poverty is not to live In a physical world, to feel that one's desire Is too difficult to tell from despair.”
“I want you to know he's coming to the church before he comes FOR the church. He's gonna perfect the Church so the church can be the Image, and be him, and be his representation.”
“You know, as I've grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don't think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.”
“New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but then they died away as the teacher was absorbed like everyone else...before you knew it, the fresh ones seemed to have been teaching there forever too, or else they didn't last very long, and were gone before you'd gotten to know them.”
“If I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny”
“I tried spinning around in a chair to impress a girl.”
“Her honor will come to no harm at my hands,â€ Jack said. â€œâ€™Tis not her honor but her tender heart that I worry about,â€ Alexander said. â€œSheâ€™s a delicate lass,â€ Hugh added. â€œAye,â€ said Gregor. â€œA Scottish rose.â€ â€œYour tender, delicate rose had me ambushed, knocked unconscious, and forced to wed,â€ Jack ground out. â€œFacts you all know, if youâ€™ve spoken to Hamish.â€ Dougal grinned, his teeth flashing whitely. â€œShe has the devilâ€™s own temper, our Fiona does.”

Source : Karen Hawkins (2007). “How to Abduct a Highland Lord”, p.136, Simon and Schuster
“I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.”

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