“To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.”
“fiction is founded on truth... unless things did happen, people couldn't think of them.”
“In my opinion half the people who spend their lives avoiding being run over by buses had much better be run over and put safely out of the way. They're no good.”
“It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it.”
“It’s odd, isn’t it, why farce so often seems to get mixed up with tragedy?”
“What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious things—but until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it.”
“But nothing will suit him now but the best! He's got on wonderfully, and naturally he wants something to show for it, but many's the time I wonder where it will end.”
“I often find these self-made men are inconsiderate. Very possibly that is why they amass such large fortunes.”
“Bundle frowned. This business of the clocks was curious. She must get hold of Bill Eversleigh. He had been there, she knew. To think was to act with Bundle. She got up and went over to the writing desk. It was an inlaid affair with a lid that rolled back. Bundle sat down at it, pulled a sheet of notepaper towards her and wrote. Dear Bill,—”
“Come and have a cocktail. It's nearly lunch time.”
“I don't like anyone who comes and dies in my house on purpose to annoy me," said Lord Caterham obstinately.”
“Women’s liberation has often been portrayed as a movement intent on encroaching upon or taking power and privilege away from men, as though in some dismal zero-sum game, only one gender at a time could be free and powerful.”
“Was I supposed to make friends with whites and Hispanics and every other type of person on the globe? And”
“We have to go through some trials and tribulations. Something to test our love, make it strong and worthy. And… and… he has to be daring and very masculine. Powerful. People must respect him, maybe even fear him. Graceful too and lithe, like a… like a cat! Or a lion. Or something like that. And he has to be a good lover. The best, so good he could almost make love to me just by using his eyes.”
“Unity succeeds division and division follows unity. One is bound to be replaced by the other after a long span of time. This is the way with things in the world.”
“Tell me why. Tell me why you want to do this now.” “Because I don’t want to hurt her. Because I want to make her happy.” These are two of the truest statements that have ever passed my lips. I’ve never meant anything more.”
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