Shrovetide 2021 Quotes

#1. Even the songbirds have levels of mercury in their blood and feathers.

Henri Cole

#2. I don't expect you to like me. But I hope you can tolerate me

B.V. Taylor

#3. One could copy a Self without knowing what it was. Just record it, like a musical passage; the machine which did that did not need to know harmony, structure.

Gregory Benford

#4. Beauty isn't between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.

Ellen DeGeneres

#5. As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.

John Legend

#6. Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.

William Golding

#7. Nothing this world has to offer can even compare to experiencing God's pleasure.

Andrew Wommack

#8. At the counter, she winced at what the poking cost

Nora Roberts

#9. He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

Plato

#10. Don't be frightened of your own reflection. We all have bad moments in front of the mirror," says Noor. "You should probably get married. I have heard that a good husband is the only cure for bad dreams. You know why? Because then you are sleeping with you nightmare.

Mohammed Hanif

#11. Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion while returning.

Dejan Stojanovic

#12. Sidney was annoyed. What business was it of anyone else? His relationship with Amanda was private. He hated the idea of anyone talking about them. Now he would have to explain something that he didn't want to explain because he liked it all being vague and inexplicable.

James Runcie