#pig

You can tell which ones are the artists,' Nanny Piggins said loudly, for she could be instructive when she chose to be. 'They are the useless-looking one wearing cardigans.' There were indeed several useless-looking, grouchy young men wearing cardigans among the crowd. And those who had heard Nanny Piggins's comment glared at her instead of glaring meaningfully into empty space like they normally did. ↗

— R.A. Spratt

#men

Gossip, unless aimed or honed sharp like a weapon, was natural to human beings. It showed interestin oe's fellows, interest in the well being of the tribe. "Gossip was a way to learn taboos, pass on warnings, share the burden fo being human among many so the onus of bearing it alone would fall on no one person. " Molly said. From an Anna Pigeon Novel ↗

— Nevada Barr

#books #the-rope #nature

Men, and pigs, are hard on women who sacrifice their virtue, especially for love." Mattis Tannhouser ↗

— Tim Willocks

#pigs #virtue #women #love

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#epigram #tabloid-journalism #wisdom #wisdom

There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#disappointment #epigrams #fandom #on-writing #similes

The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#benevolence #epigram #reputation #wild

I tell you to think black thoughts and you come up with that?!" the lieutenant had screamed. "Is a guinea pig bad? Do you consider a guinea pig the representation of all that is evil?" Maybe... if it's an evil guinea pig. ↗

— Frank Beddor

#evil

You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#mess #pigsty #humor

There are a lot of women who live with pot-bellied pigs. ↗

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

#lot #pigs #who #women

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#genre #pigeonhole #successful #unsuccessful #weird