“Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“I begin with writing the first
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“To write a book is for all the world like humming a song—be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“I have a strong propensity in me to begin this chapter very nonsensically, and I will not balk my fancy.--Accordingly I set off thus:”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“Shall we for ever make new books, as apothecaries make new mixtures, by pouring only out of one vessel into another?”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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