"I'm definitely post-something."

-- Salman Rushdie

“If I don't buy it, I can't sell it.”
“The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.”
“The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.”

Source : Mark Helprin (1989). “Winter's Tale”, Pocket Books
“I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.”
“The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.”
“If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.”

Source : "Battle of the Clipper Chip" by Steven Levy, www.nytimes.com. 1994.
“You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.”

Source : Paul Wellstone (2001). “The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda”, p.8, Random House
“I've had a lot of clouds in my life since I got into pro football -- too many -- but now I feel like I can see really clearly for the first time. And I can see the Super Bowl from here.”

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