"Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version of it taking place under his nose."

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Source : Meg Rosoff (2005). “How I Live Now”, p.43, Penguin UK

Meg Rosoff

#Civilization Quotes #Noses Quotes #Decline Quotes

“The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself - and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.”
“I never got into using my phone's calendar. It's easier to write in my Tiffany day planner. There's something charming about having a datebook.”
“War is a business in which a lot of people watch a few people get killed and are damn glad it wasn't them.”

Source : Herman Wouk (1951). “The Caine mutiny: a novel of World War II.”, Garden City
“Love? Be it man. Be it woman. It must be a wave you want to glide in on, give your body to it, give your laugh to it, give, when the gravelly sand takes you, your tears to the land. To love another is something like prayer and can't be planned, you just fall into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief.”

Source : Anne Sexton, “Admonitions To A Special Person”
“The Maier woman is not a woman who doesn't have fun. My woman is not a woman who doesn't have a life. I like clothes to suggest something. I'm gay, but so what? I still have that sensibility that I like to look at a beautiful woman, and I'm as intrigued as any straight man. I probably look even harder because I like what you don't see.”
“Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.”

Source : Song: Faster Than Light, Album: Try Whistling This
“America needs ObamaCare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.”
“I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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