"What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?"

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Source : "Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 12, 1869.

Salmon P. Chase

#Perfect Quotes #Unions Quotes #Made Quotes

“Contrary to all we hear about women and their empty-nest problem, it may be fathers more often than mothers who are pained by thechildren's imminent or actual departure--fathers who want to hold back the clock, to keep the children in the home for just a little longer. Repeatedly women compare their own relief to their husband's distress”
“A lot of times when people meet me, theyll definitely try to make me feel young or inexperienced. Like, Its all taken care of. Teenagers are such a discerning group of people. Theyll immediately sniff out anything that feels contrived. Im, like, constantly scanning myself to see if Im some corporate executive version of a teenager. Ive developed something of a fearsome reputation. People know that if you talk down to me, I will roll my eyes or whatever.”
“Women had been on the verge of taking over the world-the Western world, anyway. Then some sexist pig in Silicon Valley invented the cell phone and women took a sidetrack on which all four billion of them would soon be happily talking to each other twenty-four hours a day, getting nothing else done, and Men Would Be Back.”

Source : John Sandford (2015). “Gathering Prey: Prey”, p.53, Penguin
“The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.”
“I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.”
“There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or lets himself slide to viciousness.”
“Guys don't go for me. Period. I don't distract them. They don't sneak glances in my direction. They don't think of me when I'm not standing right in front of them. I'm scenery. I'm background.”

Source : Dana Reinhardt (2009). “How to Build a House”, p.69, Wendy Lamb Books
“The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.”

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