"How fast were you?" Wes asked me. I said, "Not that fast." "You mean you couldn't... fly?" he said, smiling at me."

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Sarah Dessen

#Mean Quotes #Said Quotes

“Given a choice between two bald political candidates, the American people will vote for the less bald of the two.”
“Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere.”
“The strands of spaghetti were vital, almost alive in my mouth, and the olive oil was singing with flavor. It was hard to imagine that four simple ingredients [olive oil, pasta, garlic and cheese] could marry so perfectly.”
“Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.”
“If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded.”
“But love, honest love, requires empathy. It is a sharingâ€”of joy, of pain, of laughter, and of tears. Honest love makes oneâ€™s soul a reflection of the partnerâ€™s moods. And as a room seems larger when it is lined with mirrors, so do the joys become amplified. And as the individual items within the mirrored room seem less acute, so does pain diminish and fade, stretched thin by the sharing. That is the beauty of love, whether in passion or friendship. A sharing that multiplies the joys and thins the pains.”
“The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.”
“You can't tell me that all the wars we are fighting are in America's national security interest.”

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