“The only truly intersting side of the matter was the intimate design of the injury, the fact that it was so penetrating, custom-made exactly to your measure. It's fascinating that hatred should be so personal as to be almost loving. The knife and the wound aching for each other.” ShouldMadeMatterFactsSidesDesignHatredWoundsIntimateInjuryFascinatingCustomsKnives Book:Herzog Source: Herzog
“Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite monotony: in fact, neither Age nor Custom could do anything (as they said, their voices rising) with the American novelist Gertrude Johnson.” SaidFactsAgeVoiceInfiniteNovelistsRisingCustomsThey SaidJohnsonStaleMonotonyGertrude Book:Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy Source: Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy
“It is also a fact that people who are isolated and alienated in their neighborhoods as a result of the large number of neighbors who do not speak Norwegian, who do not follow the Norwegian customs, norms and way of life, could have psychosomatic disorders that can lead to both sickness leave and need for medical help.” PeopleWayNeedsFactsHelpingSpeakResultsNumbersNeighborMedicalSicknessNeighborhoodCustomsDisorderIsolatedNormLarge NumbersNorwegiansMedical Help Author:Carl I. Hagen
“Custom is custom: it is built of brass, boiler-iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.” FactsAtheismEffectsWindBuiltArgumentPositive AtheismReasoningIronCustomsIdleBrassGraniteBoiler Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations