"I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him."

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Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.8, Granta Books

Patrick deWitt

#Compliment Quotes #Unusual Quotes

“The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.”
“Once you become a mother, your heart is no longer yours...My daughter is the greatest thing I'll ever do in my life.”
“Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.”
“We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in our property if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away; taxes imposed on us by Parliament do thus take it away.”
“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.500, Bantam
“Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”
“With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult.”
“When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.”

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