"If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace."

-- Oswald Spengler

#War Quotes #Long Quotes #Soul Quotes

“As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.”
“My computer must be broken: whenever I ask a wrong question, it gives a wrong answer.”
“Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.”
“Isn't the first story told in the West about the Fall? Adam and Eve were immigrants too from somewhere, a lost Eden, a paradise lost. We all now are so mobile, so nomadic .”

Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.
“It hurts me when seeing a girl cry...I want to comfort them as long as I can...or I'll end up crying too..”
“I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period,”

Source : "Paula Zahn Now", www.cnn.com. August 3, 2005.
“You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.”
“The story of my life can be told in silver: in chocolate mills, serving spoons, and services for twelve. The story of my life has nothing to do with me. The story of my life is things. Things that arenâ€™t mine, that wonâ€™t ever be mine. Itâ€™s all Iâ€™ve ever known. I wish it wasnâ€™t.”

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