"Spring cold is like the poverty of a poor man who has had a fortune left him - better days are coming ..."

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Source : Margaret Oliphant (1873). “Innocent: A Tale of Modern Life : in 2 Volumes”, p.34

Margaret Oliphant

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“Sleep doesn't come easy when a broken twig conjures images of a hulking mental patient snapping the arms off children, over by the bin.”
“His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.”
“If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.”
“There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I prefer music where melody, harmony and rhythm come together and no one element overshadows the other. Jazz at its best is a democracy of creativity.”
“In the long run, though, the greatest IT risk facing most companies is more prosaic than a catastrophe. It is, simply, overspending. IT may be a commodity, and its costs may fall rapidly enough to ensure that any new capabilities are quickly shared, but the very fact that it is entwined with so many business functions means that it will continue to consume a large portion of corporate spending.”
“There are different ways to be confused about how someone's disappointed you. Some lie about the future because they wanted to forget the past. But some will lie about the past because they think it will give you both a future.”
“I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.”

Source : Sue Grafton (2011). “V is for Vengeance”, p.30, Penguin

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