#ward

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out. ↗

— Rick Moody

#awards #been #books #came #i

My only companion from the outside world during nineteen years of isolation has been my personal hatred of Thursday Next. It's kind of like the old me suddenly taking over, and I promised myself that this was how I would act if I ever saw you.' 'I have the same thing, but with Tom Stoppard,' I said. 'You'd kill Tom Stoppard?' 'Not at all. I promised myself many years ago that I would throw myself at his feet and scream "I'm not worthy!" if I ever met him, so now if we're ever at the same party or something, I have to be at pains to avoid him. It would be undignified, you see—for him and for me. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#fandom #hatred #humor #humor

Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father! ↗

— Kenneth More

#because #could #coward #father #i

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

#bound #calm #hearken #ignorance #indifference

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. ↗

— Gustave Moreau

#am #attraction #burning #dominated #i

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. ↗

— Gouverneur Morris

#duties #education #god #good #man

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough? ↗

— William Morris

#labour #life #reward

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#activity #am #anything #disorder #freedom

I can't say 'why me,' Brady. That's one of the big no-can-do's. Because if I do that now that bad stuff has happened to me, why didn't I say it about all the amazing stuff that happened to me before? ↗

— Mike Lupica

#attitude

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ↗

— John Mortimer

#forgoing #geriatric #just #pleasure #three