New things are always ugly.
—Willa Cather, 1921
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Kings and fools know no law.
—German proverbWater its living strength first shows, / When obstacles its course oppose.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1815Scandal begins where the police leave off.
—Karl Kraus, 1909Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992We and the dead ride quick at night.
—Gottfried August Bürger, 1773When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, “He is better off.”
—Edgar Watson Howe, 1911All those who suffer in the world do so because of their desire for their own happiness.
—Shantideva, c. 750Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1908There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
—George Ade, 1902Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942