"I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden."

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Source : FaceBook post by Ruth Rendell from Jun 23, 2011

Ruth Rendell

#Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes #Driven Quotes

“I just take this job very seriously. It's almost like you play a kid's game for a king's ransom. And if you don't take it serious enough, eventually, one day, you're going to say, 'Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that.'”
“Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry.”
“Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, â€œWell, isnâ€™t she full of herself,â€ smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.”
“Let's say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man. Don't worry, the man was already dead. Or maybe you should worry, because you're the one who shot him.”
“Your heart is free now." "No," he whispered. "It's yours.”
“The comedy in 'Star Trek' is always very subtle, if it's there at all.”
“Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us.”

Source : Wilkie Collins (1873). “The Woman in White: A Novel”, p.228
“My iPod holds 3,000 albums. I own, like, 90 albums. My iPod sits at home, sullen, frustrated, and underused, like a wife who gave up her career and the kids turned out to be shite.”

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