QOTD category archive
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Susan Hampshire, in the voice of Molly MacDonald:
We all harbor dark thoughts. The secret is to know them for what they are.
Aside:
If you can find Monarh of the Glen on a streaming service, watch it.
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Susan Hampshire, in the voice of Molly MacDonald, and Lloyd Owen, in the voice of Paul Bowman:
Molly: You know what they say in the beginning of wisdom.
Paul: Yeah, a good kick up the backside.
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Alison Golden and Grace Dagnall:
“Truth,” Katya scoffed. “Truth is created by men and by money. That is the only truth.”
Golden, Alison and Dagnall, Grace, The Case of the Uncommon Witness, (San Carlos: Mesa Verde, 2021) p. 269
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Dawn Steele, in the voice of Lexie MacDonald, and Sara Stewart, in the voice of Amanda MacLeish:
Amanda: You can’t make an omelet without–
Lexie: There’s breaking eggs, and then there’s bombing the henhouse.
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Josephine Tey:
If you see a giraffe once a year, it remains a spectacle; if you see it daily, it becomes part of the scenery.
Tey, Josephine, The Franchise Affair (New York: Scribner, 2020) p. 172
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H. L Menchken:
The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.