"Even if Bill McKibben were to become dictator, future generations would suffer because of the carbon we had already emitted."

-- Dale Jamieson

#Suffering Quotes #Generations Quotes #Bills Quotes

“Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality.”
“What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of a situation she can't change. I read some sad cases in my snail and electronic mail. I respond to all I can, affirming that they are the true heroes of life because they are fighting through adversity and surviving.”
“The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.”
“Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-threeâ€”and managed to have no sexual encounter whatsoever?”
“When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer.”
“Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.”
“I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.”
“The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.”

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