"Being laughed at is excellent preparation for marriage."

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Source : Timberlake Wertenbaker (2014). “The Ash Girl”, p.59, Faber & Faber

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“I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.”
“I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.”
“I like to wear what I feel good in, not what the latest trend is.”

Source : "Kristin Cavallari: Life After The Hills". Interview, www.seventeen.com. May 23, 2011.
“I consider that in dialectics I am the equal of Socrates. As to women, I agree that each has three or four souls, but none of them a reasoning one.”

Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1998). “Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero”, p.37, Regnery Publishing
“I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.”
“Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.”

Source : Leigh Bardugo (2014). “Ruin and Rising”, p.234, Macmillan
“Short naps are good. Given modern workplace demands, this is not possible for many people - but if you have the option, try napping for ten to twenty minutes in the afternoon, preferably lying down in a darkened room.”
“Stevie Wonder doing [carpool karaoke] it was a massive turning point because he's Stevie Wonder. Like, there's no one else in the world who can go, I don't really want to do it. And you go oh, so it's good enough for Stevie Wonder but it's not good enough for you?”

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