Quotes

What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is! ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray "Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural." ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Miss Ainslie gathered a bit of rosemary, crushing it between her white fingers. "See," she said, "some of us are like that it takes a blow to find the sweetness in our souls." ~ Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed At a single strain of music, the scent of a flower, or even one glimpse of a path of moonlight lying fair upon a Summer sea, the barriers crumble and fall. Through the long corridors the ghosts of the past walk unforbidden, hindered only by broken promises, dead hopes, and dream-dust. ~ Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed "Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want. It isn't charity to give away things you want to get rid of and it isn't a sacrifice to do things you don't mind doing." ~ Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed "Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom." ~ Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed "It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things." ~ Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed It was the incarnation of blind and insensate Greed. It was a monster devouring with a thousand mouths, trampling with a thousand hoofs; it was the Great Butcher--it was the spirit of Capitalism made flesh. ~ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside. ~ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair "Written over the gate here are the words 'Leave every hope behind, ye who enter.' Only think what a relief that is! For what is hope? A form of moral responsibility. Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself." ~ Man And Superman by George Bernard Shaw