"Where is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. Iâ€™m sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead."

-- Patrick deWitt

#Mother Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Charlie Quotes

“Guilt was imputed and corruption was conveyed”
“The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ronald Speirs". "Band of Brothers", www.imdb.com. 2001.
“THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER AS BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. THEY DIED TOGETHER AND NOW THEY SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE. TO THEM WE HAVE A SOLEMN OBLIGATION.”

Source : Chester W. Nimitz's statement broadcast to the United States and the Pacific Fleet after ceremonies in Tokyo Bay accepting the official surrender of Japan, September 2, 1945.
“Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.”
“Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.”
“These wickets of the soul are plac'd so high, Because all sounds do highly move aloft; And that they may not pierce too violently, They are delay'd with turns and twinings oft. For should the voice directly strike the brain, It would astonish and confuse it much; Therefore these plaits and folds the sound restrain. That it the organ may more gently touch.”
“I'm not being analytical. I just create everything intuitively. If you're too analytical, what you're doing probably ends up being too specific.”
“A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes.”

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