Edward Carey quotes
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“During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed.”
-- Edward CareySource : Edward Carey (2011). “Observatory Mansions”, p.65, Pan Macmillan
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“Wine was created with man in mind, for his pleasure and relaxation, a balm to his good health.”
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“When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.”
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Source : "Leader of Indonesian Jama'a Islamiyya Abu Bakr Al-Ba'shir: I Support Bombings in America, But Not in the Muslim World". MEMRI, October 26, 2007.
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“Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.”
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“Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.”
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