"You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?"

-- Gracie Allen

#Funny Marriage Quotes #Wonder Quotes #Blushing Quotes

“Always, at the end of every book, there are things you will be unsatisfied with, and still more things that later on you will realize were not right. But mistakes are part of what a book is. That itchy, dissatisfied feeling at the end of a novel is useful. It's what keeps you writing and gets you writing the next one. It's what keeps you learning.”
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”

Source : Zora Neale Hurston, Cheryl A. Wall (1997). “Sweat”, p.43, Rutgers University Press
“There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses, there are some who attempt to give the impression that Islam is a religion of war and violence. This is total untrue. Such verses relate in a restricted sense, to those who have unilaterally attacked the Muslims. The above verse does not convey the general command of Islam. (pp. 42-43)”
“In France, even heresy rapidly hardens into dogma.”

Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “Parthian Words”, p.39, A&C Black
“I have often wondered how they manage to get return envelopes which miss, by one-quarter of an inch, fitting the blank you are supposed to return. They say, "Please fill out and return the enclosed envelope," and the enclosed envelope is always one-quarter of an inch too small.”
“A writer's work is to witness things.”

Source : Edward Hoagland (1999). “Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life”, p.9, Rowman & Littlefield
“Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.”
“There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.”

Source : Interview with Jim Ladd, queenarchives.com. 1977.

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