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“We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops”

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Baroness Orczy, born Barbara Mary Czerny, was a renowned British novelist. Known for her historical and adventure novels, she is best remembered for the Zorro series. Born on September 23, 1865, she passed away on November 12, 1947. more

“As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in a yellow pongee silk suit. They sniffed cocaine in Mayfair and they penetrated forbidden swamps with a faithful native boy and lived in the native quarter of Tangier smoking hashish and languidly caressing a pet gazelle.”

Source: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader

“Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street, did it matter that she must inevitably cease completely? All this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?”

Believe Matter Streets Goes On Walking Cease Resent Consoling Mrs Dalloway

Book:Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition

Source: Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition

“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

“Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.”

Inspirational Motivational Inspiring Greatness Inspire Determination Adversity Perseverance Rings Staying Perserverance

Author:Muhammad Ali

“Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.”

Men Able Wise Fool Sells Paint

Book:The Essential Samuel Butler

Source: The Essential Samuel Butler

“In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.”

Men World Ugly Unhappy Unhappiness Ugliness Rebellious

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”