"It was a universal truth among males that anytime you saw a guy get it in the nuts, you experienced a shot of phantom pain in your own croquet set. As Lassiter crouched beside the Brotherâ€™s pretzel of a body, he was feeling a little nauseous himself, and he took a moment to cup what hung between his legsâ€”just to reassure the boys downstairs that however much of an iconoclast he was, some things were sacred."

-- J.R. Ward

#Brother Quotes #Pain Quotes #Boys Quotes

“A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.”

Source : George Edward Woodberry (1916). “Shakespeare: An Address”
“What I think is at stake in 2012, is whether the five or six strong conservatives elected to the Senate in 2010 become 10 or 12. And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate. It will shift the balance.”
“Sometimes pantheists will use the term "pandeism" to underscore that they share with the deists the idea that God is not a personal God who desires to be worshipped.”
“Good government is that which delivers the citizen from being done out of his life and property too arbitrarily and violently-one that relieves him sufficiently from the barbaric business of guarding them to enable him to engage in gentler, more dignified, and more agreeable undertakings...”
“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”
“Thereâ€™s something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. The stars look like theyâ€™re so close, you could reach out and touch them. But you canâ€™t. Sometimes things look a lot closer than they are.”
“But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.”

Source : Jeanette Winterson (2007). “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”, p.172, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Sometimes I go to God and say, "God, if Thou dost never answer another prayer while I live on this earth, I will still worship Thee as long as I live and in the ages to come for what Thou hast done already. Godâ€™s already put me so far in debt that if I were to live one million millenniums I couldnâ€™t pay Him for what Heâ€™s done for me.”

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