"I came to serve you at the age of 28 and now I have not a hair on me that is not white, and my body is infirm and exhausted. All that was left to me and my brothers has been taken away and sold, even to the cloak that I wore, without hearing or trial, to my great dishonor."

-- Christopher Columbus

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“My dad would always say, 'When you look at a photo do you see yourself last?'”
“Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.”
“Peace is not simply the absence of warfare.”
“Do not think that your crying and complaints can force Jesus to become sentimental and then give Himself out so cheaply.”
“The adoration of the sun was one of the earliest and most natural forms of religious expression. Complex modern theologies are merely involvements and amplifications of this simple aboriginal belief.”
“There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.”

Source : "Pimping for the designated fan" by Jon Carroll, www.sfgate.com. July 13, 2009.
“The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of rearing and peering from the bent tip of a grass blade, looking for a route.”
“The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies”

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