"There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof."

-- Diana Gabaldon

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“I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - good people, yes, but any religion based on a single, well, frenzied and virulent god, is not as useful to the human race as, say, Confucianism, which is not a religion but an ethical and educational system.”

Source : "At Home: Essays 1982-1988". Book by Gore Vidal (Appendix), 1988.
“Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think.”
“I feel like giving back is in my blood.”

Source : "'New moon' Werewolf Chaske Spencer is looking good - with or without his shirt off" by Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. August 19, 2009.
“Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.”
“Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.”
“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”

Source : Anthony Swofford (2008). “Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
“I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on me it is accompanied by a feverish reaching out to my friends. After its over I wince and wither.”
“even if vampires were stupid. Especially American vampires. They hung out in places Alaric himself would never have gone, especially if he were immortal. Such as high schools. And Walmart.”

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