
“I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.”
Source: The Deeper Meaning of Liff
“I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.”
“Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.”
Source: True Believer
“Some people have a way with words, and other people… oh, uh, not have way.”
“Things, even people have a way of leaking into each other like flavours when you cook.”
Source: Midnight's Children
Source: Why We Fail as Christians (1919), p. 71
Context: The poor did not hear such doctrines gladly and they were not at all disposed to follow the teaching of Tolstoy.... such teaching was no more acceptable to the peasants than some of Tolstoy's other views were to his wife and to the Government.... The more enlightened of their leaders looked upon him as a reactionary, standing in the way of the people's progress.