"Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life."

-- Alice Thomas Ellis

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“In this very uncertain time for the media, serious investigative reporting - the expensive, time-consuming stuff - is under enormous pressure at newspapers and other commercial news organizations. Non-profits such as the Center for Public Integrity are taking on this vital work and without them the prospects for investigative reporting would be even more dire. The Center has been properly celebrated for its careful, rigorous work, and to my mind it has now ascended to the status of national treasure.”
“The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.”
“Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more. If I did say anything, afterwards I would always declare that you made me say it by force!”
“Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.47, Yearling
“I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process”
“If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life. Its something we should live to the full, to the end of our days. Where if you're religious and you believe in another life somehow, that means you don't live this life to the full because you think you're going to get another one. That's an awfully negative way to live a life. Being a atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily and fully”
“I've never been a boyfriend kind of girl.”
“Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?' I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out.”

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