"The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries."

-- John Adams

#Government Quotes #Essence Quotes #Political Quotes

“I think most kids have a sense that it's not supposed to be this way. You're not supposed to hate Monday, or be happy when you don't have to go to school. School should be something that you love. Life should be something that you love.”
“Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realization that we have already arrived!”
“Unbelievable. After what just happened between us no, I donâ€™t have any right. None at all. Weâ€™re barely a couple. Weâ€™re not even sleeping together. I have to-" What in Godâ€™s name are you babbling about?" "Youâ€™re cheating on me!" "I never cheat.”
“A mark of blessing is what you're giving, not what you're keeping.”
“Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.”
“And now I was seeing that there was something really cool about that family. All of them. They were just...real. And who were we? There was something spinning wickedly out of control inside this house. It was like seeing inside the Baker's world had opened up windows into our own, and the view was not a pretty one. Where had all this stuff come from? And why hadn't I ever seen it before.”
“Ive never taken for granted what weve had, not for one single game, not one single practice, ... Ive truly been blessed.”
“What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.”

Source : Scott Westerfeld (2014). “Afterworlds”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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