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...sitting with him was like sitting by yourself; he didn't talk except when it suited him. You asked him a question in the morning and he might answer in the afternoon, or he might never. Flannery O'Connor
Something like fear chilled me as I sat there in the small hours alone-I say alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realise. H. P. Lovecraft
Later, Thuran also found it necessary to construct a similar primitive garment, so that, with their bare legs and heavily bearded faces, they looked not unlike reincarnations of two prehistoric progenitors of the human race. Thuran acted like one. Edgar Rice Burroughs
I lost count of the number of referees who came to me both at Derby and Forest and said, 'I'd just like to express my thanks. I love matches involving your team. We never have any trouble with them. Brian Clough
Walter Benjamin quote: "In the world's structure dream loosens individuality like a..."
In the world's structure dream loosens individuality like a bad tooth. Walter Benjamin
When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done John Maynard Keynes
Most men’s eyes, when you look at them critically, are not like that. They may look at you very expressively, but when you look at them, just as features, they are not very nice. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
William Shakespeare quote: "Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper..."
Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. William Shakespeare
Glenn Turner quote: "Worring is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do,..."
Worring is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. Glenn Turner
George Gershwin quote: "Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise."
Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise. George Gershwin
Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to win him back his honor, but the notion of keeping faith when they all expected betrayal amused him more than he could say. George R. R. Martin
Henry James quote: "Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of..."
Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions. Henry James
There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery tumult in Scarlett's own bosom.'Why-why-she's like me! She understands how I feel'! Margaret Mitchell
He stared fixedly at the opposite bank where an angler was fishing, his line perfectly still. All of a sudden the man jerked out of the water a little sliver fish which wriggled at the end of his line. Twisting and turning it this way and that he tried to extract his hook, but in vain. Losing patience he started pulling and, as he did so, tore out the entire bloody gullet of the fish with parts of its intestines attached. Paul shuddered, feeling himself equally torn apart. It seemed to him... Guy de Maupassant
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea. Peter S. Beagle

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