"I need those nukes, the chief said. I need them, I need them right now. I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve step program to help you break this addiction."

-- Dean Koontz

#Addiction Quotes #Twelve Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Threatened men live long.”

Source : Mary Boykin Chesnut (2011). “Mary Chesnut's Diary”, p.59, Penguin
“Our women are not incredible because they have managed to avoid the difficulties of lifeâ€”quite the opposite. They are incredible because of the way they face the trials of life. Despite the challenges and tests life has to offerâ€”from marriage or lack of marriage, childrenâ€™s choices, poor health, lack of opportunities, and many other problemsâ€”they remain remarkably strong and immovable and true to the faith. Our sisters throughout the Church consistently â€œsuccor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
“The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.”
“When in doubt, win the trick.”

Source : Hoyle's Games Improved, ed. Charles Jones (1790).
“As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.”

Source : Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.29, Penguin
“ATLANTA NIGHTS not only changed my life, it changed my mind. An astonishing read, worth it at half the price.”
“After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It's not something I like but it's the truth.”
“I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and a lot of brothers and sisters and distant cousins and all that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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