"The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible."

-- Mark Twain

#Character Quotes #Writing Quotes #Land Quotes

“[On cloning sheep:] Oh great, just what we need - more sheep.”
“The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.”
“Most of us human beings tend to be parochial in our perceptions. What happens is that we have a very limited and narrow view of our self interest and do not adequately weight the price that has to be paid on the other side for any of these measures we are promoting.”
“Truth is so often disconcerting.”

Source : Rafael Sabatini (2013). “Scaramouche Plus Bardelys the Magnificent”, p.9, DoctorZed Publishing
“To pick up a cigarette wrapper or wine label or an old letter or the end of a carton is my way of dealing with those things that do not originate in me, in my I.”
“Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it”
“When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is for deficit reduction!”
“Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.”

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