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The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy. — Elspeth Huxley

It is good to renew one's wonder, said the philosopher. Space travel has again made children of us all. — Ray Bradbury

Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of achievement. — Elspeth Huxley

No, no. We can kill each other later. — Julie Kagawa

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water. — Elspeth Huxley

I don't want people to watch the way I dress. I want people to watch the way I play. — Seve Ballesteros

And Alpo ordered guys to slaughter guys, and the whole Harlem was in tears when Rich Porter died. — Cam'ron

I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her.
-Bryce — Wendelin Van Draanen

The pioneer kills what he loves. — Elspeth Huxley

What sorts of sin?
Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural. — Elspeth Huxley

They [zebras] looked like highly varnished animated toys. — Elspeth Huxley

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. — Joyce Appleby

One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.' — Elspeth Huxley

I'm a staple in my city, you can never ruin me. — Drake

The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be. — Andrew Vachss

My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. — Barry Goldwater

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life ... — Elspeth Huxley

We just had a near-life experience! — Chuck Palahniuk

When the time has come, every leaf turns to face the sun! — Akilnathan Logeswaran

Africa is cruel ... it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds — Elspeth Huxley

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate. — Sheryl Crow

Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them. — Elspeth Huxley

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result. — Elspeth Huxley

What dance achieves, what play and sex achieve are the same thing that poetry achieves. They transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. — Jamake Highwater

You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright. — Elspeth Huxley