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Quitting Quotes (page 89)

And again and again I have to remind myself the whole art of life is to lean on people, to involve oneself with them quite fearlessly and yet? when the props are kicked away? remain leaning, as it were, on empty air. Like levitation. Christopher Isherwood
But one thing was quite clear...." [Sol Bloom, chief of the Midway] wrote. "[B]eing broke didn't disturb me in the least. I had started with nothing, and if I now found myself with nothing, I was at least even. Actually, I was much better than even: I had had a wonderful time. Erik Larson
It is one of her aristocratic tastes, and quite proper, for a real lady is always known by neat boots, gloves, and handkerchief. Louisa May Alcott
C. S. Lewis quote: "You do not see as quite as well as you think."
You do not see as quite as well as you think. C. S. Lewis
Without words, protestations, or vows, I have laid my life in your hands. You fail me, and, I repeat once more, you are quite right in acting thus; nevertheless in losing you I lose part of my life. Alexander Dumas
In short, I turned over on my face when I came to that, and got a good grasp on the hair, on each side of my head, and wrenched it well. All the while knowing the madness of my heart to be so very mad and misplaced that I was quite conscious it would have served my face right if I had lifted it up by my hair, and knocked it against the pebbles as a punishment for belonging to such an idiot. Charles Dickens
Granny Weatherwaz was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least, not if he wanted to wake up in the morning the same shape as he went to bed. Terry Prachett
I found out after reading quite a lot of it that it is not rated very high. He has a very descriptive way of writing but also lengthy. May not want to finish!!!!! This was his 1sr and only try ast Historical Fiction! Wilkie Collins
I would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their past - with all its imperfections - was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God's behalf delivered them Chinua Achebe
Nobody whom this war has touched will ever be happy again in quite the same way. But it will be a better happiness, I think, little sister - a happiness we've earned. L. M. Montgomery
They knew in what they called their hearts that one can get on quite well without a mother, and that it is only the mothers who think you can't. J. M. Barrie
Charlaine Harris quote: "Probably these children were not demonic. Possibly they were..."
Probably these children were not demonic. Possibly they were quite typical. But collectively, they were hell. Charlaine Harris
Peter Drucker quote: "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great..."
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all. Peter Drucker
Karl Marx quote: "You must be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of..."
You must be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things. Karl Marx
It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of confusion or inner dishonesty or is it a sign that we are guided without our knowing or is it both ...The reasons one gives for an action to others and to one's self are certainly inadequate. One can give a reason for everything. In the last resort one acts from a level which remains hidden from us. So one can only ask God to judge us and to forgive us.... At the end of the day I can only... Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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