"First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik."

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Source : Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.240, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Alethea Kontis

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“Healing works through a kind of detox: things have got to come up in order to be released. That is true of our personal issues, and also our collective issues. We can't just push the darkness down, pour pink paint over it and then pretend it's not there. We have to look at it, accept that it exists and then release it for healing.”
“The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that suddenly we have to do this because of the San Bernardino case doesn't really pass the straight-face test. I mean, they've been talking about this. And to say, well, it will only apply to this case, that just - that doesn't wash. This is a major piece of public policy.”

Source : "Congress Should Decide Encryption Issue, Sen. Angus King Says". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.
“A moment of prayerful reflection can prevent a lifetime of bitter regret.”
“It's good to have some kind of California in there. It's almost always appropriate. It's appropriate on a sunny day or late at night. If you grew up on the Grateful Dead, which I certainly did, you listened to 10 million bootlegs. But you realize that American Beauty has some really tight, well-arranged songs that aren't meandering.”

Source : "The Hold Steady's 10 Rock Albums Every Man Should Own" by Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. March 25, 2014.
“It's the principle of it, I get a rush when I bust Some dope lines oral, that maybe somebody'll quote. That's what I consider real in this field of music, Instead of puttin' brain cells to work, they abuse it. Non-conceptual, non-exceptional, Everybody's either crime-related or sexual. For those who pose lyrical, but really ain't true, I feel: Their time's limited, hard rocks too.”
“I don't really yell at people.”
“Technology plows through history at an accelerating rate, shifting the burden of production off labor into the nonhuman factor because man uses his highest ingenuity to avoid servile labor.”
“If your business isn’t optimised for mobile, it might as well be invisible. Mobile isn’t going to be a medium. It’s going to be the medium.”

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