"There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it."

-- Mark Twain

#Climbing Quotes #People Quotes #Alps Quotes

“There always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.65, Faber & Faber
“Since Dominic's been sleeping with me, the mice have been trying various labels on him, looking for one that fits. My personal favorite was the week they spent calling him "the God of Absolutely Never Smiling, No, Not Ever.”
“The name of the human who is written in this note shall die.”
“The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less.”
“Slave power crushes freedom of speech and of opinion. Slave power degrades labor. Slave power is arrogant, is jealous and intrusive, is cruel, is despotic, not only over the slave but over the community, the state.”
“When you read a great book at one point in your life then in another part of your life, when you read the same book, it's like it was just written because now what you bring to the experience is so much richer.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex.”
“Commerce is the life blood of the City. If we are not careful, government will become the cancer.”

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