WIST Quotations

Greenwood, Kerry -- Phryne Fisher No. 11, Away with the Fairies, ch. 1 (2001)

Dave — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:48:45 +0000

She felt that the day should not be bounced in on with rude energy, but carefully and delicately seduced into being, and children and animals were sadly impervious to reason on this matter.

Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 11, Away with the Fairies, ch. 1 (2001)
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Austen, Jane -- Letter (1799-06-19) to Cassandra Austen

Dave — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:29:23 +0000

I can recollect nothing more to say at present; perhaps breakfast may assist my ideas.
I was deceived — my breakfast supplied only two ideas — that the rolls were good and the butter bad.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
Letter (1799-06-19) to Cassandra Austen
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Wodehouse, P. G. -- My Man Jeeves (1919)

Dave — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:56:39 +0000

I hadn’t any heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) Anglo-American humorist, playwright and lyricist [Pelham Grenville Wodehouse]
My Man Jeeves (1919)

Pratchett, Terry -- Good Omens, 7. “Sunday” (1990) [with Neil Gaiman]

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:00:00 +0000

In the end, as every human being who has ever breakfasted on their own in someone else’s kitchen has done since nearly the dawn of time, he made do with unsweetened instant black coffee.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Good Omens, 7. “Sunday” (1990) [with Neil Gaiman]
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Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 10 “Christopher Robin Gives a Pooh Party” (1926)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”
“What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”
“I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting to-day?” said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
“It’s the same thing,” he said.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 10 “Christopher Robin Gives a Pooh Party” (1926)
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