"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination."

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Source : "On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts" (1839)

Thomas de Quincey

#Death Quotes #Drinking Quotes #Procrastination Quotes

“It sure made me feel good to be here today, and have so many people say so many kind things.”
“Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.”
“True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.”

Source : Tobias Smollett, John Moore (1872). “The Works of Tobias Smollett, M. D. With Memoirs of His Life: to which is Prefixed A View of the Commencement and Progress of Romance”, p.189
“If you're sincerely seeking God, God will make His existence evident to you.”

Source : William Lane Craig, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2003). “God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist”, p.28, Oxford University Press
“It has to be said that the bad guys are often more interesting than the good guys because you get to indulge part of your nature that hopefully gets subsumed most of the time. But I just like playing interesting characters, and variety's the spice of that, as it is with life, I suppose.”

Source : Source: drwhointerviews.wordpress.com
“For people who live in the imagination, there is no lack of subjects. To seek for the exact moment at which inspiration comes is false. Imagination floods us with suggestions all the time, from all directions.”
“I was born into all that, all that mess, the over-crowded swamp and the over-crowded sematary and the not-crowded-enough town, so I donâ€™t remember nothing, donâ€™t remember a world without Noise. My pa died of sickness before I was born and then my ma died, of course, no surprises there. Ben and Cillian took me in, raised me. Ben says my ma was the last of the women but everyone says that about everyoneâ€™s ma. Ben may not be lying, he believes itâ€™s true, but who knows?”
“And did you have to hack his arms off?â€ â€œYes, I did. He wouldnâ€™t go through the door.â€ â€œYou say it like youâ€™re proud of it." I was proud of it. It was an example of quick thinking in a difficult situation.”

Source : Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.144, Penguin

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