"Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles."

-- Trenton Lee Stewart

#Poor Quotes #Said Quotes #Lost Quotes

“Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.”
“Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen.”
“I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head writing, a writer telling a story without concern for precision or freshness in the use of language. Some of this storytelling reads as if it were spoken rather than written, stuffed with tired images that pop into the writer's head because they are so familiar. The top of the head is fit for growing hair, but not for generating fine prose.”
“Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.”
“I love to give the fans what they want. They're what I miss most when I'm not wrestling. That time in the ring is like being in heaven for me.”
“The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center,”

Source : Josiah Strong (1963). “Our Country”
“Intelligence and the spirit of adventure can be combined to create new energies, and out of these energies may come exciting and rewarding new prospects.”
“The fact that so many of my friends were stumbling headfirst into their happily-ever-after gave my tired heart hope that I couldn't be far behind.”

Source : Jay Crownover (2014). “Rome (The Marked Men, Book 3)”, p.15, HarperCollins UK

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