Marina

“Containing several hundred languages, among them several world languages, the Indo-European language family is the language family with the most speakers world-wide.”
― Sören Eberhardt, The Little Book of Languages

“Surveys consistently say that Americans end up in jobs they don’t love or even like. Why do you think so many people have difficulty finding or creating satisfying employment?”
― Civitelli, Janet Scarborough, Help Me Find a Career: Strategies to Choose Work You Will Love

“servants' part of the house, the half-clad domestics were talking in low whispers to each other. Old Mrs. Leaf was crying and wringing her hands. Francis was as pale as death. After about a quarter of an hour, he got the coachman and one of the footmen and crept upstairs. They knocked, but there was no reply. They called out. Everything was still. Finally, after vainly trying to force the door, they got on the roof and dropped down on to the balcony. The windows yielded easily--their bolts”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“second time you have made that observation. If one puts forward an idea to a true Englishman--always a rash thing to do--he never dreams of considering whether the idea is right or wrong. The only thing”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray