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“The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.”
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“The birth and rebirth of all nature, / The passing of winter and spring, / We share with the life universal, / Rejoice in the magical ring.”
Source : Doreen Valiente (2018). “Witchcraft for Tomorrow”, p.165, The Crowood Press
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“You are never truly together with one you love until the person in question is dead and actually inside you.”
Source : Thomas Bernhard (2010). “Gargoyles: A Novel”, p.19, Vintage
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“Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.”
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“Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?”
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“Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.”
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“I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.”
Source : "Gary Numan: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.
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“In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.”