"There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel."

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Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.101

Henry Taylor

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“Awareness There is a dark place. A place where I have no eyes, no mouth. No words. I can't cry out because I have no breath. The silence is so deep I want to die. But I can't. The darkness and silence go on forever. It is not a dream. I don't dream.”
“The harder we played, the behinder we got.”
“Love is the greatest force on earth to resist, limit and ultimately halt evil's deadly progression.”

Source : James Robison (2002). “The Absolutes”, Tyndale House Pub
“She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon.”
“I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day”
“Everyone has a vocation by which he earns his living, but he also has a vocation in an older sense of the word-the vocation to use his powers and live his life well.”
“Buy a condom, ribbed for her pleasure. Turn it inside out, now it's ribbed for your pleasure.”
“I still don't know if things fit together, or if everything will be all right in the end. But I believe that something means something. I believe in cleansing the soul through fun and games. I also believe in love. And I have several good friends, and just one bad one.”

Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.135, Canongate Books

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