"The marvelous maturity of London! I would rather be dead in this town than preening my feathers in heaven."

-- Nicholas Monsarrat

#Maturity Quotes #Heaven Quotes #London Quotes

“You sit down at Katz's and you eat the big bowl of pickles and you're eating the pastrami sandwich, and halfway through you say to yourself, I should really wrap this up and save it for tomorrow. But the sandwich is calling you: Remember the taste you just had. So fatty. It's what you want. It's what you are! I've never gotten home from Katz's with a doggie bag in my hand. A pastrami sandwich at Katz's is what's bad and good about food. It's the sacred and the profane.”
“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.”
“It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.”
“And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that.”
“Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.”
“Because A Walk To Remember had come out and it had made money and I got a lot of congratulations at that time as it happens out there.”
“When a society is criticised by outsiders, its members wince but shrug their shoulders. 'What you can expect from strangers?' is the feeling. When the attack comes from within, no such indulgence is shown. 'He was one of us,' runs the refrain.”
“I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great mix. Sort of tangy.”

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