“I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I sent them to some publishers and the fifth one who replied said they'd take them. Then they went bankrupt. Then that bankrupt publisher got bought by a bigger firm. Story: in the end is the beginning, and in the beginning is the end.” SaidEndsStoriesJobsLeftBiggerIllFirmGet BetterPublishersFifth Author:Ali Smith
“Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway The mind of man, must always make her way; Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught, Is all her malice worth a single thought. The wise have not the will, nor fools the power, To stop her headstrong course; within the hour Left to herself, she dies; opposing strife Gives her fresh vigor, and prolongs her life.” MenWayGivingMindDiesCoursesLeftHoursWiseFoolIllEnvySatireStrifeMaliceBosomsDiscretionOpposingVigorHeadstrong Author:Charles Churchill
“Things on the whole are faster in America; people don't stand for election, they run for office. If a person says he's sick, it doesn't mean regurgitating, it means ill. Mad means angry, not insane. Don't ask for the left-luggage; it's called a checkroom.” PeopleIfsMeanPersonsWholeRunningAmericaAsksLeftOfficeSickElectionAngryMadIllInsaneFasterLuggage Book:Hons and Rebels: Hons & Rebels Source: Hons and Rebels: Hons & Rebels
“The best time for marriage will be towards thirty, for as the younger times are unfit, either to choose or to govern a wife and family, so, if thou stay long, thou shalt hardly see the education of thy children, who, being left to strangers, are in effect lost; and better were it to be unborn than ill-bred; for thereby thy posterity shall either perish, or remain a shame to thy name.” IfsChildrenLongNamesLostLeftWifeEffectsShameIllStrangerThirtyPosterityUnbornMatrimonyBest Times Author:Walter Raleigh