The Dumb Ox (1934)
“I have no right to risk. No, that's not quite correct. I have no right to failure.”
And I don't trust myself anymore. I don't know what's happened to my edge. Lost it in a strange land.
Vorkosigan Saga, Barrayar (1991)
“Oh, it's quite all right, we curse quite a lot around here.”
To Sharon Osbourne, after rocker Ozzy's wife caused a stir when she told Camilla "I think you're fucking great" at Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert, Buckingham Palace, June 2002. Davies, Hugh: Four letters from Ozzy's wife fail to rock Palace- The Daily Telegraph (13 July 2002) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1401255/Four-letters-from-Ozzys-wife-fail-to-rock-Palace.html
“There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.”
“When I'm with you, I don't breathe quite right.”
“Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.”
F 78
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)
Epilogue (p. 423)
Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006)
“All that we did was human,
stupid, easily forgiven,
Not quite right.”
“You've been raised in limitation, but that glove never fit quite right.”
Lyrics, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
“Once you start cancelling, there's always something which is not quite right.”
The Express on Sunday, 06/01/2002
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