"The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution....There comes a time when you have to ask if a penalty that is so permanent can be available in such an imperfect system. The only guarantee against executing the innocent is to do away with the death penalty."

-- Jeanne Woodford

#Guarantees Quotes #Prevention Quotes #Death Penalty Quotes

“Wander a whole summer if you can. Â Time will not be taken from the sum of life. Â Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.”
“She died that night. Her last breath took her soul, I saw it in my dream. I saw her soul leave her body as she exhaled, and then she had no more needs, no more reason; she was released from her body, and being released, she continued her journey elsewhere, high in the firmament where soul material gathers and plays out all the dreams and joys of which we temporal beings can barely conceive, all the things that are beyond our comprehension, but even so, are not beyond our attainment if we choose to attain them, and believe that we truly can.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper
“I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.”
“Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself.”
“I'm finding it increasingly difficult to simply walk down the street. In New York, I dashed in to buy a big pair of sunglasses to conceal myself, but the guy behind the counter shouted 'Hey! It's Dr. House.'”
“I feel like a cliche.”
“I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.”
“Lord, what are you trying to teach me?”

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