"There's this about a farm: when the market's good there's money, and when it's bad there's food."

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Source : Theodore Sturgeon (1965). “More Than Human”

Theodore Sturgeon

“Nights, sweet as they, Made short by lovers play, Yet long by the absence of the day.”

Source : Richard Crashaw (2013). “Selected Poems”, p.48, Carcanet
“Sex gets people killed, put in jail, beaten up, bankrupted, and disgraced, to say nothing of ruined - personally, politically, and professionally. Looking for sex can lead to misfortune, and if you get lucky and find it, it can leave you maimed, infected, or dead. Other than that, it's swell: the great American pastime. ... You probably won't see it on a bumper sticker, but sex kills.”

Source : Edna Buchanan (2009). “The Corpse Had a Familiar Face”, p.172, Simon and Schuster
“When you livin' this high you can't be afraid of heights.”
“Donâ€™t call us people with disabilitiesâ€¦ we have DIFFabilities!”
“If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.”
“Bombay as a confident, welcoming city that takes in a million new people a year, that those who want to harm the country pick Bombay. Other Indian cities, such as Delhi and Varanasi, have also been bombed recently, but Bombay's significance as the financial capital of the country means that it's the best target for terrorists who're unhappy with India's progress.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.”
“I just long for the day when I wake up and find that the Saudi royal family are swinging from lamp-posts.”

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