"He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]"

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Ornaments Quotes #Modesty Quotes #Maximum Quotes

“I occasionally feel contempt for that attitude [degree of sexual desire towards me] when I perceive it, but maybe that's not fair. By our culture we've been taught who is most valued and who is not.”
“Look at me!â€™ I screeched. â€˜Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! Youâ€™re not questioning me now, this isnâ€™t your work, Iâ€™m not an enemy agent spewing wireless code! Iâ€™m just a minging Scots slag screaming insults at your daughter! So enjoy yourself and watch! Think of Isolde! Think of Isolde and watch!”
“By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.”
“We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2006). “Nightlife”, p.24, Penguin
“we expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work. ... A label is the first step toward action.”
“To get the best picture of a captured prisoner, you have to get him just as he is captured. The expression he wears then is lost forever... The human mechanism is remarkably recuperative. A half hour later, the expressions are gone, the faces have changed. The mother with the dead baby in her arms does not look griefstruck anymore, no matter what she feels.”
“Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick”
“If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time.”

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