"Most distracting of all, though, was not the……" — Michel Faber
"Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty."
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12 Quotes by Michel Faber
Michel Faber has 12 quotes on this site.
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Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth.
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The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's…
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Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.
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Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.
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I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.
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Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it.
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But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a…
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Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of…
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Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events
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A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in…
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History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women.
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