#terri

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#alone #aspect #crime #elude #fact

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#destroy #fact #him #his #however

One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines. ↗

— Emile Zola

#daily #deadlines #forges #style #terrible

I was a terrible English student. ↗

— Leon Uris

#i #student #terrible

Oh, I'm terrible at travel. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#oh #terrible #travel

The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That's the only way that you're ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

#ever #find #go #going #keep

I married someone 30 years older than me, a doctor, a playboy who had a terrible Don Juan reputation. ↗

— Arielle Dombasle

#had #i #juan #married #me

They were terrified that we were going to become an anti-war kind of platform. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #going #kind #platform #terrified

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do. ↗

— Lois Wyse

#becomes #children #day #enchanted #grandchildren

The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today ... ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#balance #collecting #lies #more-terrible #old-woman