‘Do you know what happens to people who set about learning to skate with a determination to get no falls? They fall as often as the rest of us, and they cannot skate in the end.’
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Quote of the Week
‘Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.’
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‘She was thinking only that “some other time” had a delightful sound; it seemed to spread itself over the future.’
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‘An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing.’
Quentin Crisp – The Naked Civil Servant
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‘ I had a sense even at that age, of how the majority can submit to the bullying of a few determined individuals, and how a single man can restore to others a sense of the dignity of individuals and the power of a community.’
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‘The Rat Race’ means a race where, no matter how fast you run, you don’t get anywhere. I felt bad about the title because, I thought, it wasn’t a rat race at all, it was a People Race, and no sensible rats would ever do anything so foolish,’
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‘God’s children are not for sale.’
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‘The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.’
Quote of the Week
Quote of the Week
‘You can’t just come to a stop because bad things happen.’
- Rivers of London- Ben Aaronovitch
