"And this tenderness was not like That which a certain poet At the beginning of the century called true And, for some reason, quiet. No, not at allÂ— It rang out, like the first waterfall, It crunched like the crust of bluish ice And it prayed with a swanlike voice, And it broke down right before our eyes."

-- Anna Akhmatova

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“Indeed, my conclusion from a lifetime of psychohistorical study of childhood and society is that the history of humanity is founded upon the abuse of children. Just as family therapists today find that child abuse often functions to hold families together as a way of solving their emotional problems, so, too, the routine assault of children has been society's most effective way of maintaining its collective emotional homeostasis.”
“Dash is for sure straight!" Boomer announced. "He has a super-pretty ex-girlfriend named Sofia, who I think he still has a thing for, and also, in seventh grade, there was a game of spin the bottle and it was my turn and I spun and it landed at Dash, but he wouldn't let me kiss him.”
“Sometimes I suspect most of the media commentariat are suffering from Munchausen syndrome.”

Source : "Only quality journalism can save us, says Sun editor Rebekah Wade" by Stephen Brook, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2009.
“Intensely vivid characters, terrible crimes, and a brutal deep-frozen landscape all prove beyond a reasonable doubt that cold nurtures good and evil as readily as heat ... and that Giles Blunt is a really tremendous crime novelist.”
“I've got a different perception now and it's really enjoyable to be at this point in your life and be able to watch this.”
“Losing is like my ex-wife... it's a b****, and it takes a bigger man than me to live with it.”
“Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.”
“I don't want to try to do music or satisfy anyone else's ears; it has to come from here first and what I love.”

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