"As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course."

-- Andrew Greeley

#War Quotes #Years Quotes #Europe Quotes

“...only the unscrupulous or shortsighted can defend pollution and degradation of the countryside.”
“A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat woman-overweight woman-at the back?"”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
“So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.”
“Adoration is not some fervent spiritual or poetic exercise reserved for a chosen few. I believe the human race will die out and destroy nature if it does not learn again how to adore God, the God in all of us, God shining and living in nature, and learn again how to act from and in that spirit of adoration.”

Source : Andrew Harvey (1994). “Dialogues with a Modern Mystic”, Quest Books
“Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations.”
“We can understand the science of what makes a heart beat, but we can never stop it from breaking.”

Source : Beth Harbison (2011). “Always Something There to Remind Me”, p.28, Macmillan
“Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.”
“People hate it when you're better than them. They ain't hating, start worrying then.”

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