"Then I said something. I said, Suppose, just suppose, nothing had ever happened. Suppose this was for the first time. Just suppose. It doesn't hurt to suppose. Say none of the other had ever happened. You know what I mean? Then what? I said."

-- Raymond Carver

#Hurt Quotes #Mean Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“My brother is my best friend.”
“Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane.”
“I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.”
“Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.”
“The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don't back out of a contract merely because you've changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you're being made to fight for, but in the end you do the job.”

Source : Pat Barker (1993). “Regeneration”, p.27, Penguin
“No person who examines and reflects, can avoid seeing that there is but one race of people on the earth, who differ from each other only according to the soil and the climate in which they live.”

Source : John Gabriel Stedman (1806). “Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America”, p.380, Рипол Классик
“You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other.”

Source : YouTube Chanel "ed1962"/ "Stevie Ray Vaughan - 11 - Life Without You - Philadelphia Blues (Bootleg)", www.youtube.com. October 27, 2009.
“An expert is someone who tells you why you can't do something.”

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