Quote #06: Appointment with Death (Agatha Christie)
Finally, something from my favourite author of all time \o/
Title: Appointment with Death
Author: Agatha Christie
♠ ... the desire to succeed-to have power-leads to most ills of the human soul. If the desire is realised, it leads to arrogance, violence, and final satiety; and if it is denied-oh! if it is denied-let all the asylums for the insane rise up and give their testimony. They are filled with human beings who were unable to face being mediocre, insignificant, ineffective, and who therefore created for themselves ways of escape from reality so to be shut off from life itself forever.
♠ He has ideals-based, really, on a deep instinct of laziness. To take human nature at its best and the world as a pleasant place is undoubtedly the easiest course in life.
♠ The earnest young do both harm and good; the prudent middle-aged do neither.
Title: Appointment with Death
Author: Agatha Christie
♠ ... the desire to succeed-to have power-leads to most ills of the human soul. If the desire is realised, it leads to arrogance, violence, and final satiety; and if it is denied-oh! if it is denied-let all the asylums for the insane rise up and give their testimony. They are filled with human beings who were unable to face being mediocre, insignificant, ineffective, and who therefore created for themselves ways of escape from reality so to be shut off from life itself forever.
♠ He has ideals-based, really, on a deep instinct of laziness. To take human nature at its best and the world as a pleasant place is undoubtedly the easiest course in life.
♠ The earnest young do both harm and good; the prudent middle-aged do neither.