Quirky Quotes

"Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought."
Graham Greene

"Candy
 Is dandy
 But liquor
 Is quicker"
Ogden Nash

"There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation.
 There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize.
 There is a failure here that topples all our success."
The Grapes of Wrath : John Steinbeck

"Personal lyricism is the outcry 
 of prisoner to prisoner from the cell in solitary
 where each of us is confined for the duration of his life."
Tennessee Williams

"Well, you may be a genius, child,
 And I a parent dull and mild;
 In spite of which, and nevertheless,
 I could lick you yet, I guess."
Ogden Nash

"Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them
 that you have made a new friend,
 they never ask you about essential matters.
 They never say to you,
 "What does his voice sound like ?
  What games does he love best ? 
 Does he collect butterflies ?"
 Instead, they demand : "How old is he ? 
 How many brothers has he ? How much does he weigh ?
 How much money does his father make ?"
 Only from these figures do they think they have learned 
 anything about him."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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