Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter X, p. 112
Source: The Indigo Spell
Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter X, p. 112
“I suppose that's what we do in death⎯⎯⎯sleep in wonder.”
D.H. Lawrence book Sons and Lovers
Source: Sons and Lovers (1913), Ch.11
Mobutu Sésé Seko (1930–1997) President of Zaïre
Mobutu, asked by a German journalist to justify the expense of his Concorde while the nation's economy was in crisis. Meredith, p. 532
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Before the Flowers of Friendship Faded Friendship Faded (1931)
“But what now? What am I supposed to do with all these feelings?”
Jenny Han book To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Source: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“Curran looked at me. “What the hell was I supposed to do, catch the werebison as he was falling?”
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Strikes
Kofi Annan (1938–2018) 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
If FDR [Franklin D Roosevelt] was the architect of the United Nations, President Truman was the master-builder, and the faithful champion of the Organisation in its first years, when it had to face quite different problems from the ones FDR had expected.
Farewell Speech (2006)