"I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war."

-- Abraham Lincoln

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“Someone once remarked that in adolescence ***** is a substitute for sex, whereas in adulthood sex is a substitute for pornography.”
“It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.”

Source : Sabrina Jeffries (2006). “Only a Duke Will Do”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“Physics has never been a comfortable subject for human psychology. The desire to regard everything outside the human race's purview as insignificant, and everything within that purview as firmly under the control of tribal myth and custom, is as strong today as it was in the time of Galileo.”

Source : Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton
“The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush.”
“Whatever may be God's future, we cannot forget His past.”
“Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong.”

Source : Kyung-Sook Shin (2011). “Please Look After Mom”, p.220, Vintage
“Guilt implanted at a tender age is not easy to destroy. A weed, it sprouts in unexpected places.”

Source : Caryl Rivers (1991). “More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism”, Univ Pr of New England
“Wait a minute, Juanita. Make up your mind. This Snow Crash thingâ€”is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?”

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