"Pity, unlike hate, can be boxed and put away."

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Source : Jessie Burton (2014). “The Miniaturist”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

Jessie Burton

#Hate Quotes #Pity Quotes

“When you know more, you can do more.”
“If you can steal from your competition, then they deserve to lose it. If someone steals from you, then shame on you....you deserve it. Same goes for employees too.”
“From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.”
“I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.”
“But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted.”
“Some people, when desperate, retreat to pills or hard liquor. I nap.”
“even when we say nothing our clothes are talking noisily to everyone who sees us, telling them who we are, where we come from, what we like to do in bed and a dozen other intimate things ...”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm such a video game fan that being able to do voices in video games is just fantastic.”

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