Snoakes

“The Cockney has one oath, and one oath only, the most indecent in the language, which he uses on any and every occasion.  Far different is the luminous and varied Western swearing, which runs to blasphemy rather than indecency.  And after all, since men will swear, I think I prefer blasphemy to indecency; there is an audacity about it, an adventurousness and defiance that is better than sheer filthiness.”
― Jack London, The People of the Abyss

“It’s so hard to get life right, she thinks, pulling the blanket tight around her shoulders. All the small balances are impossible to strike most of the time. And then there are the larger choices. It’s hopeless. She might as well be one of those gannets, tossed about by the gusts of wind that drive up from the Atlantic.”
― Helen Humphreys, The Evening Chorus

“Clever folk aren’t popular, by and large. They arouse suspicion. They don’t fit in.”
― Joanne M. Harris, The Gospel of Loki

“And the more she says the words ‘fallopian tubes’ the less real they are. They sound like some long-forgotten musical instrument from a Pacific Island and I can hear the advert for an album of fallopian tube classics on TV: “From the foothills of Fallopia, the haunting sound of the fallopian tubes brings alive all your favourite anthems from the world’s greatest artists....”
― Colette Snowden, The Secret To Not Drowning