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“The province’s traditions of hospitality are all its own, and the death-rate at banquets is appalling. You never know what may not happen at a banquet in Kashgar, and each of our official hosts had prudently brought his own bodyguard.”

Book:News from Tartary

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“sometimes people are evil or French and can't be redeemed”

Book:The Grimrose Girls

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“Lottie spins, she has her blinkers on. She has joined me on this stupid weight loss journey, apparently, it’s not so funny when she can’t get her jeans to fit. I told her to buy a size up, she told me to shut my face, it’s all about compromise.”

Relationships Humour Married Life

Book:Screw you too!

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“You must remember this feeling, Jon. The feeling of being happy. It doesn't happen often but when it does, you must grab it with both hands and hold it close. Let it overwhelm you. Don't over analyse any emotion. But remember it. Always remember it.”

Happiness Emotion

Book:Intentional Dissonance

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“What’s the story with Billy no balls anyway?” I ask Josie, as I cling to Craig’s neck with my jiggly bits on show. Poor Josie. I imagine with the cellulite and stretch marks it’s like looking at a sizeable chunk of cottage cheese.”

Relationships Humour Rom Com

Book:Screw you too!

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“To an MP bouncing up and down with interruption after interruption during one of his speeches, an exasperated Churchill advised, 'The honourable gentleman should really not generate more indignation than he can conveniently contain.”

Author:Winston Churchill

“Philip: I have vivid memories from those early volleyball training nights. Memories of looking under the (volleyball) net at this vivacious, sparkling, smiley-faced, bright-eyed vision of female sensuality dressed in her vest top and short shorts. I could not take my eyes off her, and my memory says she smiled at me every time she caught me looking at her. Was I flirting? If I was, it was not knowingly”

Romance Humour Mental Health Memoir True Story

Author:Philip Elliott

“The grandfather clock was all right until Grandma fixed it. All she did was tap it and the weights dropped off. She always had that effect on gentlemen.”

Book:Wise Children

Source: Wise Children

“Their normal children generally play on the scrubby bit of grass in front of the playground fence, falling over each other like a mass of puppies in racing-green sweatshirts. Evie regards them with disdain, Thomas with envy and fear. He has inherited a double dose of physical ineptitude from his parents and knows he would be killed if he joined in.”

Book:Are We Having Fun Yet?

Source: Are We Having Fun Yet?

“My childhood involved church, or some form of church, at least four nights a week. Tuesday night was the prayer meeting. Wednesday night was Bible study. Thursday night was Youth church. Friday and Saturday we had off. (Time to sin!)”

Humour Memoir South Africa Apartheid

Book:Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Source: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood