"Canadians, do not vomit on me!"

-- Elizabeth Hardwick

“Why? What is so wonderful about mass murder that nobody in the history of the world has ever fond any smarter solution to problems than killing everybody who doesnâ€™t agree? Is that the limit of human intelligence?”
“The claim is also sometimes made that science is as arbitrary or irrational as all other claims to knowledge, or that reason itself is an illusion. As Ethan Allen said Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principle that they are labouring to dethrone. If they argue without reason, which they must do, in order to be consistent with themselves, they are out of reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument.”
“This was a land of lost souls. Human beings who had weathered great storms in life, had suffered unspeakable loss, had been put to painful tests of existence, and still remained standing-but just barely.”

Source : Clare Vanderpool (2013). “Navigating Early”, p.141, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“In a world of bosses, you are your own master”
“You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.”
“Only one life, â€™twill soon be past, Only whatâ€™s done for Christ will last.”
“The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.”
“The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.”

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