"Ma, I'm just trying to get going on those grandchildren you want."

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Source : Christina Dodd (2009). “Storm of Visions: The Chosen Ones”, p.189, Penguin

Christina Dodd

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“People always understand everything in retrospect.”

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“Here! 'Not thread nor glue, not nails nor screws, will ever self and shadow wed.' Helpful, those poet-types. Perhaps this one: 'Seek the grimy queen of dread machines, if you your errant shadow miss.' Now that's quite good! As a Prophetic Utterance, Third Class (Vague Hints and Mysterious Signs), you couldn't ask for better. It's downright plain-spoken!”
“We have common enemies today. It's called childhood poverty. It's called cancer. It's called AIDS. It's called Parkinson's. It's called Muscular Dystrophy.”
“The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.”
“Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world”
“The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.”
“The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.”
“The good thing is that The Human League never really wanted to be in a pop group. We never wanted to be famous. We just liked the music. And I think that's kept us grounded. We're not interested in the celebrity side of anything. We just like getting on stage and doing what we're good at.”

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