"They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number."

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Source : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.108, A&C Black

Samantha Shannon

#Animal Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Self-absorption is always a temptation to young people, and if their religion is of a sort to add to this self-absorption, I feel that it is a serious mistake. If I had my way, the whole subject of feelings and emotions in the religious life would be absolutely ignored. Feelings there will be, doubtless, but they must not be in the least depended on, nor in any sense taken as the test or gauge of one's religion. They ought to be left out of the calculation entirely. You may feel good or you may feel bad, but neither the good feeling nor the bad feeling affects the real thing.”
“Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.”
“A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.”
“In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for.”

Source : Steve Leveen (2005). “The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life”
“I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.”
“I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.”
“I get weary of the European habit of taking our money, resenting any slight hint as to what they should do, and then assuming, in addition, full right to criticize us as bitterly as they may desire.”
“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”

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