"In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."

-- Benjamin Franklin

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“We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just into any words, but if we can, into rhythm and blues.”
“In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.”
“The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.”

Source : John Flavel (1996). “The Method of Grace: How the Holy Spirit Works”, p.264, Hartland Publications
“Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.”
“There are things I've always wanted to do. Things I may not be able to do, but I never really ruled them out - like running a marathon. It's all a matter of timing for me. I suppose I could probably do it if I planned it out right with medication. I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me.”
“Stop focusing on the bad stuff because life is too damn short.”
“My own first love was biology. I spent a great part of my adolescence in the Natural History museum in London (and I still go to the Botanic Garden almost every day, and to the Zoo every Monday). The sense of diversity of the wonder of innumerable forms of life has always thrilled me beyond anything else.”
“Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.”

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