"Horatia said eagerly: "Oh, you will take m-me instead?" "No," said Rule, with a faint smile. "I won't do that. But I will engage not to marry your sister. It's not necessary to offer me an exchange, my poor child." "B-but it is!" said Horatia vigorously. "One of us m-must marry you!"

-- Georgette Heyer

#Children Quotes #Poor Quotes #Said Quotes

“Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.”
“Our heart is like a reservoir from which our lives flow.”
“Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate large quantities of adipose tissue - hibernating mammals and aquatic mammals.”

Source : Elaine Morgan (2011). “The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis”, p.69, Souvenir Press
“And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless.”
“I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.”
“She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
“Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high-- Fill all the Glasses there; for why Should every Creature Drink but I? Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?”
“Obamas IRS is not the IRS Ive ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.”

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