Massmills Quotes & Sayings

Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away. — Jennifer Donnelly

Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore. — John Milton

Beatings from God are better than kisses from the devil. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm one who needs to be in the space [for] a sense of place and order. It's crucial. — Sue Tompkins

I pretended that it wasn't such a big deal, that I knew we weren't suited, that I agreed with what-ever bullshit rationale you used - 'we don't make each other the best possible versions of ourselves' or what-ever. But you did make me the best 'me'. — Lottie Moggach

They kept their secret from the knowledge of others, not as a shameful guilt, but as a thing that was immaculately theirs, beyond anyone's right of debate or appraisal. — Ayn Rand

Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal. — Pierre Charron

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears. — Stephen Leacock