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in his land, owing to the absence of settees and sofas of all sorts, the king, chiefs, and great people generally, were in the custom of fattening some of the lower orders for ottomans; and to furnish a house comfortably in that respect, you had only to buy up eight or ten lazy fellows, and lay them round in the piers and alcoves. Besides, it was very convenient on an excursion; much better than those garden-chairs which are convertible into walking-sticks; upon occasion, a chief calling his... Herman Melville
Is it rash to assume that when a practised writer says a thing, he is more likely to mean what he says than what his commentators think he means? W. Somerset Maugham
George R. R. Martin quote: "I have been despised by better men than you."
I have been despised by better men than you. George R. R. Martin
Iggy Pop looks right at me as he sings the line: 'America takes drugs in psychic defence'; only he changes 'America' to 'Scatlin', and defines us mair accurately in a single sentence than all the others have ever done. Irvine Welsh
The Germans have removed, murdered or burned alive tens of thousands of Jews. Out of the three million Polsih Jews, no more than 10 percent remain. Diane Ackerman
Lois McMaster Bujold quote: "I am not a fate worse than death, dammit!"
I am not a fate worse than death, dammit! Lois McMaster Bujold
George R. R. Martin quote: "I would sooner be flesh and blood than silks and jewels."
I would sooner be flesh and blood than silks and jewels. George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin quote: "Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I...."
Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I. The world was full of fools, however. George R. R. Martin
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both. Douglas Adams
In your temporary failure there is no evidence that you may not yet be a better scholar, and a more successful man in the great struggle of life, than many others, who have entered college more easily. Abraham Lincoln
William Blake quote: "But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows..."
But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine. William Blake
Midway along the journey of our life. I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like, this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn(the thought of it brings back all my old fears), a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer. But if I would show the good that came of it. I must talk about things other than the good. Dante Alighieri
I kept myself aloof from the world not because I had enemies, but because I had friends there. Not because they damaged me, as this happens usually, but because they thought I'm better than I really am. It was a lie that I could not stand. Albert Camus
Henry James quote: "There are few hours in life more agreeable than the ceremony..."
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the ceremony known as afternoon tea Henry James
My mother has told me once and for all the useful parts. She will add nothing unless powered by necessity, a riverbank that guides her life. She plants vegetable gardens rather than lawns; she carries the odd-shaped tomatoes home from the field and eats food left for the gods. Maxine Hong Kingston

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