WIST Quotations

Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 31, Monstrous Regiment (2003)

Dave — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:46:57 +0000

There was this about vampires: they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were … what was the word … deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Discworld No. 31, Monstrous Regiment (2003)
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Swift, Jonathan -- A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738)

Dave — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:39:50 +0000

She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork.

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) English writer and churchman
A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738)

Firbank, Ronald -- Vainglory (1915)

Dave — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:28:31 +0000

The world is disgracefully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) British novelist and playwright
Vainglory (1915)
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