"Do you know why happily ever after is a lie?" Snow asked. "Because life is change."

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Source : Jim C. Hines (2010). “Red Hood's Revenge”, p.231, Penguin

Jim C. Hines

#Lying Quotes #Snow Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my nose and improved my beauty, my stomach suffered.”
“... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.”
“Do you feel better?â€ I asked Sam as he opened the door to the Volkswagen for me. â€œYes,â€ he said. He was still a terrible liar. â€œGood,â€ I said. I was still a fantastic one.”
“It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have faster and handier ships than ours, and many more long-range guns, and who know their advantage just as well as we do, will never close with us at all, but stand aloof and knock us to pieces with their culverins, without our being able to do them any serious hurt. So we are sailing against England in the confident hope of a miracle.”
“Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.”

Source : "[Flashback interview] Retired Senator Malcolm Wallop: 'The Great American Experiment'". Interview With Peter Evans, Helen Evans, www.ff.org. January 6, 2013.
“The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.”
“I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some”
“On dreary night let lusty sunshine fall.”

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