"We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean."

--

William Cowper

#Sacrifice Quotes #Joy Quotes #Dry Quotes

“We in this country have to make up our minds -- -- we can not have it both ways: we cannot be both drug-free and free.”
“There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst of speed for the end of the bridge, and Tick turned to face down the army of rats alone.”
“Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.”
“As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth.”
“To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.”
“They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.”
“I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.”
“The moon shows the truth of things.”

Source : Joseph Delaney (2009). “The Spook's Sacrifice”, p.307, Random House

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