"When I see gurgling retarded children (that's God's doing, by the way, not mine) happily styling their hair with their own stinking mards, I think of Adam in those pre-marital days. I know he's your great-to-the-nth-degree-granddad and all - but I'm afraid he was rather an imbecile."

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Source : Glen Duncan (2002). “I, Lucifer”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

Glen Duncan

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hair Quotes

“A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate with hate; we get rid of an enemy by getting rid of enmity. By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up. Love transforms with redemptive power.”
“The charming shall inherit the Earth.”
“The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.”

Source : "Not dead yet: the newspaper in the days of digital anarchy" by Bill Keller, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2007.
“I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure.”
“There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me, because I don't conform.”
“Technically I can get out of my wheelchair and crawl around and do things, but when I've traveled and they've lost my wheelchair in transit, I feel like I need to be bound to it. My functionality and autonomy are often bound to this.”
“Only play into a variation in which your opponent is strong if you have your own personal novelty ready!”
“There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it.”

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