“She was standing by the barometer, which, if it had had an ounce of sense in its head, would have been pointing to 'Stormy' instead of 'Set Fair”
― The Code of the Woosters
― The Code of the Woosters
“So much has been said between them that it is needless to add a marginal note. It is not for him now to gloss the text of their dealings, nor append a moral.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
“[I]t is the wine that leads me on,
the wild wine
that sets the wisest man to sing
at the top of his lungs,
laugh like a fool – it drives the
man to dancing... it even
tempts him to blurt out stories
better never told.”
― The Odyssey
the wild wine
that sets the wisest man to sing
at the top of his lungs,
laugh like a fool – it drives the
man to dancing... it even
tempts him to blurt out stories
better never told.”
― The Odyssey
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
―
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
―
“We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
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