"Unnecessary customs live a brutally short life in America."

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Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word & other words”, Dutton Adult

Wilfrid Sheed

#Short Life Quotes #America Quotes #Unnecessary Quotes

“Oblivion is the dark page, whereon Memory writes her light-beam characters, and makes them legible; were it all light, nothing could be read there, any more than if it were all darkness.”
“You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.”
“Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you.”

Source : Song: Paradise by the Dashboard Light
“Without true celebration discipline is obnoxious.”
“Because a real kiss, a kiss that two real people choose to give each other - it's something that can't be filmed or photographed or drawn, or even described with words. Because a kiss isn't what it looks like or how it feels. A real kiss happens down deep inside of two hearts at the same time. It's hidden away. A real kiss is invisible.”

Source : Andrew Clements (2008). “Things That Are”, p.123, Penguin
“Every day of my life, I'm trying to find a different way to get better.”
“Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to I just found out my mom does more dope than I do”
“Analogy cannot serve as proof.”

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