"Moderation, we find, is an extremely difficult thing to get in this country."

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Flann O'Brien

#Country Quotes #Moderation Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“The fish was an enemy. It had come upon the community and killed two men, a woman, and a child. The people of Amity would demand the death of the fish. They would need to see it dead before they could feel secure enough to resume their normal lives.”

Source : Peter Benchley (2012). “Jaws 2-Book Bundle: Jaws and Shark Trouble”, p.111, Random House
“I got really involved in science research and the science of meditation.”
“Counting time is not as important as making time count.”
“For years, Taiwan has been dominated politically by a single party, the Kuomintang. People now want the place to be more democratic. They want to place more emphasis on human rights and transparency in terms of government decision-making. This is different from the way the government conducted business in the days when this was pretty much an authoritarian place.”
“Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world.”
“Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like Iâ€™ve never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get up. For me, Tatia. For me, please get up and go take care of your sister. Go on. And Iâ€™ll take care of you.â€ His lips kissed her cheek.”
“Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son, Turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and breeding, No sentimentalist, no stander above men and women or apart from them, No more modest than immodest.”
“When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”

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