#all

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#gradually #habit #homey #i #i came

It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#alleged #children #fled #france #franco

Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time. ↗

— Aulus Gellius

#called #daughter #escaped #memory #name

I wanted to be a professional baseball player. ↗

— Balthazar Getty

#baseball #baseball player #i #player #professional

Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. ↗

— Stanley Kunitz

#call #died #gods #heroes #mind

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters. ↗

— Elizabeth George

#characters #deal #essentially #events #grow

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff. ↗

— Balthazar Getty

#enough #ever #good #i #sort

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one. ↗

— Henry George

#just #profit #really #unjust #which

That fatal drollery called a representative government. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#fatal #government #representative

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident. ↗