Fitness Quote by Amor Towles

“I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why…

— Lawrence Hill

“A waiter came swiftly along the room, and then stopped dead. His stoppage was as silent as his tread; but all those vague and…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Looking around me, I saw that all my colleagues were busy at the same task. Eyes were rolled up, mouths hung open, here and…

— John Varley

“All it took was a chance meeting with a stranger, some unexpected conversation. A few moments of kindness from someone who had no inkling…

— Lara Adrian

“It was the chief thing he knew about women: that they could always be calmed down by the fact, or even by the prospect,…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“The servants were so surprised at seeing me that they hurried and bustled absurdly, and made all sorts of annoying mistakes. Even the butler,…

— Wilkie Collins

“He waved irritably at a waiter. There was a small bar in a dark corner of the room, where an old, wizened bartender stood…

— Ayn Rand

“Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni was not a lazy man, but it was remarkable to reflect how most men imagined that things like tea and food…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“So there we were, baking in the sun, waiting endlessly for lonely midshipmen to stop by. We didn't see a single one. Should have…

— Marjorie Hart

“The others ignored him, busy doing what men generally do in dangerous times: putting on their trousers.”

— Eoin Colfer

“It was a balancing act, to hold off quarrel and worry, the coming years, the coming months, even tomorrow morning for just whatever time…

— Alice McDermott

“male workers were thought incapable of sitting still for hours at a time to do anything useful.”

— James Mahaffey