"The attributes of liminality are necessarily ambiguous... Liminal entities are neither here nor there; they are betwixt and between the positions assigned and arrayed by law, custom, convention and ceremonial."

-- Victor Turner

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“He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group of homicidal, class-obsessed small people, they were really rather good fun.”

Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.142, Simon and Schuster
“Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.”

Source : Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2011.
“Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.”
“The opposite of courage is not so much fear as it is conformity.”
“As a part of the NFL, things change every year.”
“We have to learn to remind the other parents who think we're being careless when we loosen our grip that we are actually trying to teach our children how to get along in the world, and that we believe this is our job. A child who can fend for himself is a lot safer than one forever coddled, because the coddled child will not have Mom or Dad around all the time, even though they act as if he will.”

Source : Lenore Skenazy (2010). “Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)”, p.186, John Wiley & Sons
“We have bigger things to brood on and enormous reasons for wallowing in terminal craziness until we finally hit bottom.”
“I love working for the people of Indiana. I love helping our citizens make the most of their lives, but I do not love Congress.”

Source : "Indiana's Bayh To Retire From Senate". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. February 15, 2010.

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