"We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it."

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Source : Emile Durkheim (2014). “The Division of Labor in Society”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

Emile Durkheim

“We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.”

Source : Adam Gopnik (2000). “Paris to the Moon”, Random House Incorporated
“The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance -- that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.”
“Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.”
“One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food”
“Is it a shame that I canâ€™t accept love? Am I too burned out to move towards what will keep me alive or too smart to get pulled into someone elseâ€™s world?”
“I'll never forget this one time on an airplane when I was told in front of everyone that I had to purchase a second seat because I didn't fit into one. The people nearby who heard it laughed while I cried. It was horrifying.”
“Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful - isn't even a city, really - unless it can lay claim to being 'vibrant.'”
“Each wedding picture was less of a memento than a scar. Proof of some horror movie scenario Katherine Kenton has survived.”

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