Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
...Saure really turns out to be an adept at the difficult art of papryomancy, the ability to prophesy through contemplating the way people roll reefers - the shape, the licking pattern, the wrinkles and folds or absence thereof in the paper. "You will soon be in love," sez Saure, "see, this line here." "It's long, isn't it? Does that mean --" "Length is usually intensity. Not time." -- Thomas Pynchon, _Gravity's Rainbow_ | |
It is very difficult to prophesy, especially when it pertains to the future. | |
"I always avoid prophesying beforehand because it is much better to prophesy after the event has already taken place. " - Winston Churchill |