“If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
― Post Office
― Post Office
“As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle ('Please read this carefully and send it on Jane') the clan has a tendency to ignore me. It's one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor - and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.”
― The Inimitable Jeeves
― The Inimitable Jeeves
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