"I am not yet born; O fill me With strength against those who would freeze my humanity, would dragoon me into a lethal automaton would make me a cog in a machine, a thing with one face, a thing"

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Source : 'Prayer Before Birth' (1944)

Louis MacNeice

#Prayer Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I donâ€™t think itâ€™s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.”
“The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.”

Source : P.G. Wodehouse (2012). “The World of Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.569, Random House
“Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.”

Source : "Interview with Bill Simmons, Author of The Book of Basketball". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“As far as I know, we have never before decided to fight a war with borrowed money and ask generations that come after us to pay for it.”
“I don't really see a need to retire as long as I am having fun.”
“The biggest problem in the fictional treatment of sex is that it's not treated as part of the story but as a pause from the story. The best sex scenes in fiction are the ones that advance the story.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We've been around long enough that there have certainly been people at every stage of our career telling us about one or another record being influential to their lives in one way or another. It's always nice to hear that stuff.”
“I'm so glad that talented writers and everybody who produces shows are being meeting with such success - it gives me more hope for the future of satire. They're probably the most powerful form of satire out there today.”

Source : Source: voices.washingtonpost.com

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