"Parents had some kind of sin radar, Claire thought. They always called when you were in the middle of something you just knew they'd consider wrong. Or at least risky."

-- Rachel Caine

#Parent Quotes #Kind Quotes #Sin Quotes

“A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.”
“The last of Summer is Delight - Deterred by Retrospect. 'Tis Ecstasy's revealed Review - Enchantment's Syndicate. To meet it - nameless as it is - Without celestial Mail - Audacious as without a Knock To walk within the Veil.”
“I donâ€™t understand hate. Iâ€™ve seen its power. Iâ€™ve known its wrath. Iâ€™ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I donâ€™t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.”
“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.”
“Night terrors are very different from nightmares. A lot of people will think they're the same, but they're really not. Night terrors - you want to look at the time of night when you're having the problem. Night Terrors happen in deep sleep. Nightmares tend to happen in a lighter REM sleep.”
“All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.”
“Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody always. Every single verse is very moving, and the beauty - if we don't understand, we just stay listening to the sound and it's like hearing music.”
“The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.”

Source : Nevil Shute (1991). “Ruined City”

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