I shall arm myself with a knife" said Mr. Hale: "the days of eating fruit so primitively as you describe are over with me. I must pare it and quarter it before I can enjoy it.
Elizabeth GaskellAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: british
- Born: September 29, 1810
- Died: November 12, 1865
Related Authors
Topics
Quotes currently Trending
Prieas turi bti atpastamas ir baisus, jis turi bti tavo namuose arba prie dur slenksio. tai kodl ydai. Mums juos atsiunt Dievo apvaizda, tad, dl Dievo, pasinaudokime jais ir melskims, kad visada bt yd, kuri galtume bijoti ir neksti. Prieo reikia, kad tauta turt vilt. Sakoma, patriotizmas - paskutin niek prieglauda: neturintis morals princip daniausiai apsisiauia vliava, o mirnai visada rkia apie gryn tautos krauj. Tautin tapatyb - paskutin varguoli atspirtis. O tapatyb gyja prasm tik per...
Umberto Eco
Why should her lover, just because he is male, be in a position to judge her against other women? Why must she need to know her position and hate needing to, and hate knowing? Why should his reply have such exaggerated power? And it does. He does not know that what he says will affect the way she feels when they next make love. She is angry for a number of good reasons that may have nothing to do with this particular man's intentions. The exchange reminds her that, in spite of a whole fabric...
Naomi Wolf
Oh! you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see fault in any body. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life."I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.
Jane Austen
But your book is wrong, Mrs. Strunk, says George, when it tells you that Jim is the substitute I found for a real son, a real kid brother, a real husband, a real wife. Jim wasn't a substitute for anything. And there is no substitute for Jim, if you'll forgive my saying so, anywhere.
Christopher Isherwood
