Thruppence Quotes & Sayings

Still, he should be forgiven what we all want: forgetting within the fuck. Love is a nervous habit. Haven't many said so? Snacking. Smoking. Talking. Joking. Alike as light bulbs. Drinking. Drugging. Frigging. Fucking. — William H Gass

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess. — Menander

Next item - three ladies, all English, a mother and two daughters. Each wears a helping of whipped white of egg on the top of their head; rather remarkable. The daughters are old, like the mother. The mother is old, like the daughters. All three are thin, flat-chested, tall, stiff, and tired-looking; their front teeth are worn outside, to intimidate plates and men. — Guy De Maupassant

They lived in this fashion for most of the year before the credit line of her patience finally reached its limit. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Is it just me,' Kipps said, 'or does that boy need punching?'
'It's not just you. — Jonathan Stroud

Addie believes in books. They are more interesting than real life and easier to understand. Sometimes you can guess the ending. Things usually work out, and if they don't, you can always tell yourself it was only a book. — Kim Church

I always joke that a makeup-free day is good for the pores. — John King

Why do you tell me this?" he asked.
"How can you know who I'm speaking to? — A.L. Buehrer

Sometimes there's no one to listen to what you really might like to say at a certain moment. The paper always listens. — Naomi Shihab Nye

Did you do that? (Simone)
Sometimes my powers work. Sometimes they don't. Looks like this time they did. Yea, us. (Xypher) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

You travel safely too, Auntie Diana. And bring that uncle of mine with you, Gallowglass said to the sea and the sky before he climbed back onto his bike and headed into a future he could no longer imagine nor postpone. — Deborah Harkness

Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before. — Theodore Von Karman

Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's tail to wag by moving it with your hand will make the dog happy. — Sam Harris

justifies the cost of wounded lives and shattered people. Justice, mercy, integrity, and love are compromised for success. Decisions are based on money, numbers, and results. — John Bevere