“I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful."
-"It was stupid.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“Find what you want. I will find you.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
Lloyd Alexander
Born place: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
Born date January 30, 1924
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“She said that she did not wish for any monuments to the Hurlbird family. At the time I thought that that was because of a New England dislike for necrological ostentation.”
― Ford Madox Ford, quote from The Good Soldier
“We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences. To be truthful I am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists I have not discovered it.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lord of the Silver Bow
“Oh boy. I do have a question.”
“Hit me,” Breeze smiled. “That is slang.” The smile died. “Don’t really hit me though. You couldn’t hurt me but I might hit you back and that would injure you.”
― Laurann Dohner, quote from Fury
“виждах останки от малки електроцентрали е миниатюрни турбини, електроцентралки, изработени от ръцете на работниците, които са секли гората, държави, които са живели тук и са били принудени да заминат… че е трябвало да заминат, че са изселени като ония богаташи, като ония, които движеха голямата политика, познати ми до болка, високомерни и безцеремонни, самодоволни и брутални, преливащи от гордост, която в крайна сметка ги съсипа, това разбирах, ала не разбирах защо е трябвало да си заминат и тези скромни работнически ръце, на чието място сега тук никой не работеше, мислех си, че е жалко за тези хора, които са имали единствено тежкия си труд в горите и малките нивички по склоновете, работници, които никога не са имали време да бъдат безочливи и горделиви, които сигурно са били хора покорни, защото на това ги е научил животът, в който сега аз надничах и срещу който бях тръгнал.”
― Bohumil Hrabal, quote from I Served the King of England
“Ah! but a man cannot be held to write down in cold blood the wild and black thoughts that storm his brain when an uncontrolled passion has battered a breach for them. Yet, unless he sets up as a saint, he need not hate himself for them. He is better employed, as it humbly seems to me, in giving thanks that power to resist was given to him ....”
― Anthony Hope, quote from The Prisoner of Zenda
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