"Mosca and Saracen shared, if not a friendship, at least the solidarity of the generally despised. Mosca assumed that Saracen had his reasons for his persecution of terriers and his possessive love of the malthouse roof. In turn, when Mosca had interrupted Saracenâ€™s self-important nightly patrol and scooped him up, Saracen had assumed that she too had her reasons."

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Source : Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

Frances Hardinge

#Self Quotes #Important Quotes #Reason Quotes

“I myself am hell; nobody's here”

Source : 'Skunk Hour' (1959) st. 5
“Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually.”

Source : Kobayashi Issa, “Don't Worry, Spiders”
“Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring.”
“The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.”

Source : "The 'leap second' is a timely reminder" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.
“Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard”

Source : Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 18, 2005.
“Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over...”
“It may well be that the pictures of Courbet, Manet, Monet and their like contain beauties which escape the notice of such old romantic heads as ours, already streaked with silver threads.”
“I'm passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.”

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