"The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface."

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Source : Amelia B. Edwards (2008). “A Thousand Miles Up the Nile: Fully Illustrated Second Edition”, p.186, Norton Creek Press

Amelia B. Edwards

#Lying Quotes #Camels Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr...”
“Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.”
“One can be a full-fledged Christian and at the same time, enjoy the reality of a universal spiritual truth.”
“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.”
“Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.”
“Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.”
“My chin is weak. I find it hard to make decisions. For years I had been caught between the two stools of security on the land and rich-scented life on the exotic islands of literature. I wasn't really a writer. I had seen a strange beautiful light on the hills and that was all.”
“She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them.”

Source : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.8, Penguin

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