“Mickey Mouse is just a rat in suspenders.”
― Stuart Gibbs, quote from Belly Up
“It’s as though I went down to Disneyland and assassinated Mickey Mouse.”
― Stuart Gibbs, quote from Belly Up
“all, humans had a history of behaving badly in order to make a buck.”
― Stuart Gibbs, quote from Belly Up
“I shall think of you
Whenever I am most happy, whenever I am Most sad, whenever I see a beautiful thing.
You are a burning lamp to me, a flame
The wind cannot blow out, and I shall hold you High in my hand against whatever darkness.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay, quote from Collected Poems
“Do What?'
'Lie,' he said. 'Why do you fabricate these outlandish stories?'
'Well,' I wanted to say, 'there are those of us who create because all around us, things visible and invisible are crumbling. We are like the stonemasons of Babylon, forever working, as it says in Jeremiah, to shore up the city of walls.'
I didn't say that, of course. What I did say was: 'I don't know.”
― Alan Bradley, quote from I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
“Just walk through him," I said, still deep in thought. "and if you ever wanted to know how a moose works, just stop halfway and take a good look around.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from The Last Dragonslayer
“Anyway, it’s hardly a problem worth worrying about.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from Thousand Cranes
“«Non posso chiamarti Bella» dicevo, «perché non è il tuo no-me. E Dulcie mi è così poco familiare! Dunque ti chiamerò Cenerentola. E ti ricorderò che Cenerentola sposò un principe. Io non sono un principe... ma...»
Lei m'interruppe.
«Cenerentola aveva una parte ben difficile da sostenere. Poteva essere sicura di diventare una principessa in piena regola? Perché, dopo tutto, non era che una piccola sguattera e...»
«Ora tocca al principe interrompere» ribattei. «E sai che cosa disse?»
«No.»
«"All'inferno!" disse il principe. E la baciò.»
E l'azione seguì alla parola.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Murder on the Links
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