"As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society."

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude.”
“It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.”
“Three men riding on a bicycle which has only one wheel, I guess that's surrealism.”
“I would love to design a maternity clothing line. It is so hard to find stylish clothes for pregnant people I would say 99 percent of the clothes I wore were not maternity because I couldn't find anything I liked.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.”

Source : Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Werner Herzog (2004). “Nosferatu--Phantom der Nacht”, British Film Institute
“The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.”
“Love, Allie concluded, wasn't blind, it simply saw alternate dimensions.”
“The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.”

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