"All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends."

-- Claire Tomalin

“Hoping gets you nothing in life. If you want more in life itâ€™s your job to earn it.”
“God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.”

Source : Nevada Barr (2013). “Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon Mysteries, Book 1): A gripping crime novel of the Texan wilderness”, p.9, Hachette UK
“I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.”
“All I have learned through trial and error is to stay alert and aware, especially God smiling @ our silliness.”
“Love is a verb. Love â€“ the feeling â€“ is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.”
“[Science] is corrosive of religious belief, and it's a good thing too.”
“I believe that a revolution can begin from this one strand of straw. Seen at a glance, this rice straw may appear light and insignificant. Hardly anyone would believe that it could start a revolution. But I have come to realize the weight and power of this straw. For me, this revolution is very real.”

Source : Masanobu Fukuoka (2010). “The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming”, p.1, New York Review of Books
“And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.”

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