"I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off."

-- Leslie Fiedler

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“Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.”
“Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.”
“I wanted to make the album I always needed to make. I had to say the things I never could.”
“I think bullies are very lonely people. I always tell teenagers not to bully others because it's unacceptable. We need to teach students to value themselves and to not put others down.”
“I'd like to give you my heart, but since that might be inconvenient, I've brought you someone else's.”

Source : Annette Curtis Klause (2007). “Blood and Chocolate”, p.19, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Fold and live to fold again.”
“Gold will be slave or master.”
“We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects.”

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