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Downing Quotes (page 110)

Patti Smith quote: "Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you..."
Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender? Patti Smith
Louisa seemed the principal arranger of the plan; and, as she went a little way with them, down the hill, still talking to Henrietta, Mary took the opportunity of looking scornfully around her, and saying to Captain Wentworth, Jane Austen
Who could ever reckon up the damage done to love and friendship and all hopes of happiness by a surfeit or depletion of this or that neurotransmitter? And who will ever find a morality, an ethics down among the enzymes and amino acids when the general taste is for looking in the other direction? Ian Mcewan
John Crowley quote: "In silvergreen rainy April they went down to Glastonbury on..."
In silvergreen rainy April they went down to Glastonbury on the long straight roads ... John Crowley
When he at least reached the door the handle had cease to vibrate. Lowering himself suddenly to his knees he placed his head and the vagaries of his left eye (which was for ever trying to dash up and down the vertical surface of the door), he was able by dint of concentration to observe, within three inches of his keyholed eye, an eye which was not his, being not only of a different colour to his own iron marble, but being, which is more convincing, on the other side of the door. Mervyn Peake
Everything in life, is a question of drawing a life, John, and you have to decide for yourself where to draw it. You cant draw it for others. You can try, of course, but it doesn't work. People obeying rules laid down my somebody else is not the same thing as respecting life. And if you want to respect life, you have to draw a line. John Berger
John Adams quote: "I wish I could lay down beside her and die too."
I wish I could lay down beside her and die too. John Adams
If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds. David McCullough
The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf transparent and then another. One bird chirped high up; there was a pause; another chirped lower down. The sun sharpended the walls of the house, and rested like the tip of a fan upon a white blind and made a fingerprint of a shadow under the leaf by the bedroom window. The blind stirred slightly, but all within was dim and unsubstantial. The birds sang their blank melody outside. Virginia Woolf
...And the reason I am the way I am is that I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is this: You fall down. You get up. That's it. It doesn't get any simpler than that. Jose Canseco
Paul Harvey quote: "Golf is a game where you score a 6, yell "Fore" and write down..."
Golf is a game where you score a 6, yell "Fore" and write down a 5. Paul Harvey
later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land. Jimmy Buffett
Jodi Picoult quote: "Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing:..."
Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong. Jodi Picoult
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Always come down from the barren heights of cleverness into..."
Always come down from the barren heights of cleverness into the green valleys of folly. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Death and disaster are at our shoulders every second of our lives, trying to get at us. Missing, a lot of the time. A lot of miles on the motorway without a front wheel blow-out. A lot of viruses that slither through our bodies without snagging. A lot of pianos that fall a minute after we've passed. Or a month, it makes no difference. So unless were going to get down on our knees and give thanks every time disaster misses, it makes no sense to moan when it strikes. Hugh Laurie

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