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“A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.”

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Phyllis McGinley was an American author known for her humorous and warm-hearted prose. Her works often revolve around the theme of daily life, winning widespread acclaim for their unique perspective and profound insight. more

“This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.”

Ifs Would Be Death Gone Late Invisible Pushing Makers Curtains Exes Choir Daisies Parrots Rest In Peace Bereft Monty Expired Redundancy

Book:Monty Python Live!

Source: Monty Python Live!

“I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.”

Men Reason Government Brain Hair Picks Employment Cosmos Signals Advise Transmit Haircuts Uptight Hairdresser

Book:Withnail and I

Source: Withnail and I

“A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time - not Hercules, Orpheus, Ulysses and Aeneas - but Superman, Captain Marvel, and Batman.”

Age Time Myth Glorious Touched Captains Renaissance Neon Ulysses Orpheus Aeneas

Book:The electric kool-aid acid test

Source: The electric kool-aid acid test

“Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of the creed descending from antiquity, who does not realize that the whole world once very nearly died of broadmindedness and the brotherhood of all religions.”

World Doe Whole Realizing Church Died Notes Whole World Brotherhood Creeds Antiquity Descending Broadmindedness

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation marks. To do so is to put on airs, as though you were inviting the reader to join you in a select society of those who know better.”

Ifs Knows Use Attention Air Reader Draws Mark Phrases Quotations Select Inviting Slang Quotation Marks

Book:the elements of style

Source: the elements of style

“Who's the best person you know. Of all the people you know personally, is there anyone who has a sense of right and wrong and lives by it? This was a sticky question because it would have to be Ranger ...but I suspected he occasionally killed people. Only bad people, of course, but still...”

People Knows Persons Stills Courses Live By Bad People Rangers Sticky Best Person

Book:Eleven on Top

Source: Eleven on Top

“You can't have intentions without consequences. The question is, who pays for the consequences? Saving fish from drowning. Same thing. Who’s saved? Who’s not?”

Pay Consequence Intention Fishes Saved Saving Drowning

Book:Saving Fish From Drowning

Source: Saving Fish From Drowning

“It's true: Everyone needs a reason to stay alive -- someone who justifies your existence. Someone who loves you. Not beyond all reason. Just loves you. Even just shows an interest. Even someone who doesn't exist, or isn't yours. No, no! They don't even have to love you! They just have to be there to love! Target for your arrows. Magnetic Pole to drag on your compass needle and stop it spinning and tell you where you're heading and...Someone to soak up all the yearning. That's what I think.”

Thinking Needs Reason Shows Interest Existence Alive Love You Justify Target Yearning Drag Compass Arrows Spinning Needles Headings Staying Alive Magnetic Reason To Stay

Author:Geraldine McCaughrean

“There are things roaming around inside my head as clever as Theseus in the Labyrinth. It's just that nobody ever gave them the necessary piece of string, so they'll never find their way out.”

Way Pieces Clever Strings Labyrinth Roaming Theseus Roaming Around

Author:Geraldine McCaughrean

“A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.”

Looks Funny Walks History Smell Jane Hippie Anniversary Hippi Cheetahs

Author:Ronald Reagan

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