Peccant Quotes & Sayings

I damned myself for my earlier romanticism. That Croaker who had come north, so thoroughly bemused by the mysterious Lady, was another man. A stripling, filled with the foolish ignorances of youth. Yeah. Sometimes you lie to yourself just to keep going. — Glen Cook

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't. — Lucian Freud

As far as I was concerned, the best thing one could do for the poor was to not add one's self to their number. — Ken MacLeod

May your sword guide you and your shield always protect you. — Katherine Bogle

The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well as mirroring your changes. — Chris Prentiss

A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door. Then there was a loud and authoritative tap. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Debt can be the most addictive thing in the universe, and it can kill you. You get used to living high off the hog. It was intoxicating. — Harvey Weinstein

Once upon a time there was an island visited by ruin and inhabited by strange peccant creatures. "It's a sad place," I say, "and too much like my own life." He nods. "You mean, the losing struggle against inscrutable blind forces, young dreams brought to ruin." "Yes," I tell Coover, "my young dreams are gone. I lost the struggle a long, long time ago. — Rabih Alameddine

First you borrow, then you beg. — Ernest Hemingway,

I'm not really a model. — Gaspard Ulliel

Just as a man working with his tools should know its limitations, a man working with his cognitive apparatus must know its limitations. — Charlie Munger

Instead of saying; "WWJD (What would Jesus do)?" I will be asking myself "WIDTM(Will I Do This Do Myself"
Because Jesus said, "Love your neighbors as if you love yourself."
So I will quote I will treat others as if I am treating myself — Temitope Owosela

The rifle is the queen of weapons and its effective use is one of the greatest satisfactions available to man. — Jeff Cooper

If you want a revolution/grow a new mind/and do it quietly if you can — D.A. Levy