"if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them."

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Source : Ngaio Marsh (2012). “Artists in Crime: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #6”, p.122, Felony & Mayhem Press

Ngaio Marsh

#May Quotes #Insult Quotes #Findings Quotes

“There will be a rusty gun on the wall, sweetheart, The rifle grooves curling with flakes of rust. A spider will make a silver string nest in the darkest, warmest corner of it.”
“It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about.”
“The new experience that has replaced dignified suffering is artificially prolonged, opaque, depersonalized maintenance.”
“Calamity is the test of integrity.”
“Only he [Gordon Gekko] is a lot smarter than [Donald] Trump.”
“Over the course of four rough, ego-shattering hours, the ayahuasca shows me that opening myself to love of Zoe and all others is the sure way to tap my deepest and most vital energetic reserves. The lesson is vivid, technicolor, indelibly imprinted on my psyche.”
“Never let a boy know you're crazy about him. He'll lose interest, and then you'll be a loser.”

Source : Hailey Abbott (2009). “Getting Lost with Boys”, p.12, Harper Collins
“When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.”

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