Redsteve

“Reading (King) Philip's letters in the twentieth century and judging him by twentieth-century standards - which of course has the inherent unfairness of history - one has to say that he was bigoted, dogmatic, self-righteous, illogical, ruthless, and hopelessly confused; but also, he was appallingly sincere.”
― David Howarth;

“Now what?' asked Mr Neville, taking her arm.
'Oh, nothing,' said Edith. 'I was simply thinking how little vice there is around these days. One is led to believe one can pick and choose, but in fact, there seems no choice at all.'
'Stroll round the deck with me,' said Mr Neville. 'You are shivering. That cardigan is not warm enough; I do wish you would get rid of it. ... As to vice, there is plenty to be found if you know where to look.'
'I never seem to find it,' said Edith.
'That is because you do not give yourself over wholeheartedly to the pursuit. But, if you remember, we are going to change all that.'
'I really don't see how. If all it involves is giving away my cardigan, I feel I should tell you I have another one at home.”
― Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac

“The second is that making a plan for when to quit should be done long before you are facing the quitting decision. It recognizes, as Daniel Kahneman has pointed out, that the worst time to make a decision is when you’re “in it.”
― Annie Duke, Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

“We were in love. But as I always say, a single man in possession of a good fortune sometimes is actually not single. He's often a total liar.”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder