"Some promises are lies we never meant to tell."

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Source : Robin Maxwell (1998). “The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn: A Novel”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

Robin Maxwell

#Lying Quotes #Promise Quotes

“Extremism. It is an almost infallible sign â€” a kind of death-rattle â€” when a human institution is forced by its members into stressing those and only those factors which are identificatory, at the expense of others which it necessarily shares with competing institutions because human beings belong to all of them.”

Source : John Brunner (2011). “Stand on Zanzibar”, p.169, Macmillan
“I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.”

Source : Joseph McCabe (1929). “The Story of Religious Controversy”
“I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.”
“Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?”
“I never trust a man that doesn't drink.”
“Merely transferring the content of existing newspapers online and expecting payment won't work because they are two separate business concepts.”
“As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes - how do you recover from that? It's not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.”
“It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let you flower for a day or a night. But don't go pestering and begging and telling him all your stupid little sins, that way you will spoil his day.”

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