"What's it going to be then, eh?"

-- Anthony Burgess

“When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.”

Source : Farewell to Baseball Address, delivered 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York
“I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?”
“I'll protect my Clan, whatever it takes.”
“The Republican Party either corrupts its liberals or it expels them.”
“Discover how beautiful our country is and how wonderful our people are. Time to fall in love with the Philippines.”
“What a sweet and succulent morsel: so soft, so salty, so deliciously delectable, it makes me want to wiggle with delight. You should cook for me more often, Roran Stronghammer. Only next time, I think you should prepare several deer at once. Otherwise, I won't get a proper meal.' Roran hesitated, as if unable to decide whether her request was serious and, if so, how he could politely extricate himself froim such an unlooked -for and rather onerous obligation.”
“A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings.”

Source : "Abortion services aren't about selling soap powder or shoes" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2011.
“You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to set down what they have witnessed for the benefit of unknown heirs or of generations infinitely remote; or, if you please, just to get the sight out of their heads.”

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