"We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire and six years later boasts that no one can put it out."

-- Bill Moyers

#Fire Quotes #Years Quotes #House Quotes

“Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.”
“Heart turned to me, his face thoughtÂful. â€œYesÂterÂday mornÂing. Yes, that means that Daphne hadnâ€™t been home for two days beÂfore that.â€ He smiled at me. â€œYou were supÂposed to be the AlÂphaâ€™s eye canÂdy.â€ Adam laughed. â€œWhat?â€ I asked him. â€œYou donâ€™t think Iâ€™d be good eye canÂdy?â€ I looked down at my overÂalls and grease-â€‹stained hands. Iâ€™d torn anÂothÂer nail to the quick. â€œHonÂey is eye canÂdy,â€ said Ben apoloÂgetÂicalÂly. â€œYouâ€™re . . . just you.â€ â€œMine,â€ said Adam, edgÂing beÂtween Heart and me. â€œMine is what she is.”
“I believe the children are our future”
“Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.”
“I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural, the abbot seemed to me, as the village priest had once seemed to my father, the highest and most desirable ideal.”
“You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.”

Source : Susan Neiman (2009). “Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists”, p.132, Random House
“Only tyrannies understand the power of art.”

Source : Ronald Harwood (1997). “Taking Sides”, p.62, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls-the demons' pen.”

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