"Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast."

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Samuel Johnson

#Guilt Quotes #Despair Quotes #Bars Quotes

“Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.”
“Theres a terrible price to pay for stress in your life - it really takes a hit on your heart.”
“You don't believe in Nature anymore. It's too isolated from you. You've abstracted it. It's so messy and damaged and sad. Your eyes glaze as you travel life's highway past all the crushed animals and the Big Gulp cups.”

Source : Joy Williams (2015). “Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals”, p.1, Rowman & Littlefield
“If you begin to think business whether you own it or work for it like you would a well managed sports team you will learn a lot of very interesting lessons”
“It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.”
“Her little fists pummeled at him, and he accepted the abuse. Until he realized sheâ€™d made an improper fist and was actually hurting herself. He wound an arm around her waist, spun her and slammed her into the hard line of his body to still her. â€œLet me go!â€ â€œIn a minute.â€ As she struggled, he pulled her thumb out from beneath her fingers and rearranged her fist. â€œHit like this.â€ Done, he released her.”
“Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.”
“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.”

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