"After debauches and orgies there always follows the moral hangover."

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Source : Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War”

Jaroslav HaÅ¡ek

#Hangover Quotes #Moral Quotes

“Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is the way to do it.”
“As we take stock on the morrow of victory, we shall find that nothing of real value to the human race has been destroyed. Our dead heroes will have won immortality. Civilisation will have gained new vitality. Humanity will have entered upon a richer heritage.”
“I don't think anybody can really sit down and decide that their mission in life is to make people think. I think their mission in life is to leave people alone!”
“I like the feeling that anything, anything, could happen.”

Source : Marsha Qualey (2007). “Just Like That”, Puffin
“If I've learned anything, it's there's just no drama, which is awesome. I've also just learned to read when it's a good time to talk about something serious and when it's not. And whenever I start to have a conversation with them, and I kind of see their eyes start to glaze over, I'm like, 'Okay, another time is better.' You learn how to compromise and you learn how to read each other. Honestly, being in a band with two guys has prepared me so much for when it's time for me to get married!”
“A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening.”

Source : Michelle Richmond (2009). “No One You Know”, p.306, Random House
“In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.”
“September is the month of maturity; the heaped basket and the garnered sheaf. It is the month of climax and completion. September! I never tire of turning it over and over in my mind. It has warmth, depth and colour. It glows like old amber.”

Source : Patience Strong (1951). “The Glory of the Garden”

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