"The first duty of a man is to think for himself"

-- Jose Marti

#Life Quotes #Hope Quotes #Philosophy Quotes

“Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]”
“To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants... Life has become impossible.”

Source : Alain Robbe-Grillet (2015). “La Maison de Rendez-Vous and Djinn: Two Novels”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“the camels had strayed far in search of scarce grass. When collected, they displayed a fiendish ingenuity in throwing their loads and tangling themselves up in every possible strap.”

Source : Rosita Forbes (1921). “The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara”
“There's nothing wrong with a lisp.”

Source : Roland Smith (2005). “The Cryptid hunters”
“Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.”
“History - that little sewer where man loves to wallow.”
“The linguistic and literary reality of the biblical tradition is folkloristic in essence. The concept of a benei Israel ... is a reflection of no sociopolitical entity of the historical state of Israel of the Assyrian period”

Source : Thomas L. Thompson (2000). “Early History of the Israelite People: From the Written & Archaeological Sources”, p.422, BRILL
“I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.”

Source : "Happiness Is a Choice". Book by Barry Neil Kaufman (p. 23), 1991.

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