WIST Quotations

Faulkner, William -- The Wild Palms [If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem], ch. 3 [Charlotte] (1939)

Dave — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:55:49 +0000

The second time I ever saw you I learned what I had read in books but I had never actually believed: that love and suffering are the same thing and that the sum of love is what you have to pay for it and any time you get it cheap you have cheated yourself.

William Faulkner (1897-1962) American novelist
The Wild Palms [If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem], ch. 3 [Charlotte] (1939)
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McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)

Dave — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:57:43 +0000

We’d all like a reputation for generosity, and we’d all like to buy it cheap.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)
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Bourdain, Anthony -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:25:41 +0000

If you’re a cheap tipper, by the way, or rude to your server, you are dead to me. You are lower than whale feces.

Anthony Bourdain (1956-2018) American chef, author, travel documentarian
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