"There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken."

-- Lord Byron

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“Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell the real story behind civilized life. How people were taxed, who was taxed, and what was taxed tell more about a society than anything else. Tax habits could be to civilization what sex habits are to personality. They are basic clues to the way a society behaves.”

Source : Charles Adams (1993). “For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield
“Sometimes, language is the sound of longing”
“The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.”
“Since I was 13, I've been buying things because they are ridiculously cheap.”
“Ethical conduct is something that becomes inherent in an organization over a long period of time.”
“So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.”
“When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes.”

Source : Beryl Bainbridge (2010). “Master Georgie”, p.81, Hachette UK
“The library was like a second home. Or maybe more like a real home, more than the place I lived in. By going every day I got to know all the lady librarians who worked there. They knew my name and always said hi. I was painfully shy, though, and could barely reply.”

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