Chaucer Pardoner's Tale Key Quotes & Sayings

The convenience of timekeeping is greatly overrated; and the people who practice it so faithfully that they lose the capacity for appreciating the fixed and the static and the spatially related experiences cut themselves off from a good part of reality. — Lewis Mumford

Fuck you," he said, resorting to that last argument of vice presidents. — Cherie Priest

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. — Marquis De Condorcet

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player. — Karen Black

Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes? — Albert Einstein

Tsk, tsk," I said, not moving at all. "Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. You're the second guy I've met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail. Put it down and don't be silly, Joe. — Raymond Chandler

whatever you love, that is your weakness — Holly Black

When you fall in love, you disregard logic. Because logic and love are two sides of the same coin. Together, they make a beautiful sort of currency, but you can never look them both in the face at the same time. I like that. "Hey, — C.M. Stunich

That may not be a majority position in my party, but that's down the road. You can't even begin that process until you prove to people - not just pass a law that says you're gonna bring illegal immigration under control. You're gonna have to do it and prove to people that it's working. — Marco Rubio

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing. — Charles Stross

Trust the tale, not the teller. — Christopher Bram

It's more like winning than winning itself, and everyone knows you are not a real player until you secretly prefer losing. — Lawrence Osborne

Reality is fabricated out of desire. — Man Ray

Perhaps, Howard thought, the curtains and murals and pastel angels are a mercy, a dim reflection of things fit for the fragility of human beings. — Paul Harding

The morning drizzle tightened the District's notorious braided-knot commute into a noose of traffic. - Scott Drayco — B.V. Lawson