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Peculiar Quotes (page 6)

[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions. P. G. Wodehouse
He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sue Monk Kidd quote: "It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no..."
It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. Sue Monk Kidd
Mary MacLane quote: "People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me...."
People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis. Mary MacLane
L. M. Montgomery quote: "People who are different from other people are always called..."
People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne. L. M. Montgomery
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distiguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational and mere senseless than beasts themselves John Locke
In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak loudly and slowly in his own language. Terry Prachett
Every man, knowing to the smallest detail all the complexity of the conditions surrounding him, involuntarily assumes that the complexity of these conditions and the difficulty of comprehending them are only his personal, accidental peculiarity, and never thinks that others are surrounded by the same complexity as he is. Leo Tolstoy
He had the hypocrisy to represent a mourner: and previous to following with Hareton, he lifted the unfortunate child on to the table and muttered, with peculiar gusto, 'Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! And we'll see if one tree won't grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it! Emily Bronte
The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had. Victor Hugo
The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog's wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has it's own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It's like having a small piece of defrosting... Terry Prachett
The commitment of marriage can frequently arouse some rather peculiar behaviour in men and women alike, but the bizarre notion that one can change the character of one's mate seems to occur more often to women than to men. Alan Jay Lerner
Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it appears to be its opposite. Idries Shah
Hamlet's mother says to Hamlet, "Why seems it so particular with thee?" What is the difference between belief and make-belief? What makes us give to any one belief (since it is only a matter of shifting, tuning the mind) the peculiar weight of actuality? "For there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. Graham Swift
Henry Drummond quote: "The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the..."
The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous. Henry Drummond

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