#affair

Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father! ↗

— Kenneth More

#because #could #coward #father #i

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. ↗

— Plautus

#affairs #every #every man #friend #however

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#any #carries #europe #influence #italy

Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. ↗

— David K. Shipler

#doing #dramatic #drawn #eye #flourishes

While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#economic #environment #global #global environment #our

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step. ↗

— William Dean Howells

#affair #any #been #care #consulted

I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#assure #case #european #heard #i

Back at home, days later, feel cranky and tired. Sit on the couch and tell him he's stupid. That you bet he doesn't know who Coriolanus is. That since you moved in you've noticed he rarely reads. He will give you a hurt, hungry-to-learn look, with his James Cagney eyes. He will try to kiss you. Turn your head. Feel suffocated. (from "How") ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#discontent #relationships #home

His question reminded me of how easy he had been to deceive, so easy that he seemed to me almost a conniver at his wife's unfaithfulness, as the man who leaves loose banknotes in a hotel bedroom connives at theft, and I hated him for the very quality which had once helped my love. ↗

— Graham Greene

#unfaithfulness #love

I won't stay in with married men any more said the wise girl they're too agreeable, it's a little too much like curling up with the good book. You mean a good book Oh, dear, did I say the good book sighed the witch. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#affairs #bible #cheating #good-book #reading