"I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly was."

-- Marie Calloway

#Ideas Quotes #Might Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“To most mortals there is a stupidity which is unendurable and a stupidity which is altogether acceptable - else, indeed, what would become of social bonds?”
“I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.”
“Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.”
“Photographers are victims of paradox, tracking the impermanent to make it permanent.”
“They say this is global warming: I say this is poppycock.”
“Normal people do not create art.”
“The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants!”
“All perfection is melancholy.”

Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.3695, Delphi Classics

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