"While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every part of the empire, except in the palace of Constantius."

-- Edward Gibbon

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“It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you wanted. Perhaps it's standing thigh deep in a river with the water passing at the exact but varying speed of life. You easily recognize this mortality and it dissipates into the landscape.”

Source : Jim Harrison (2007). “True North”, p.157, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“It's not my business to raise anybody else's kids. Mom and Dad got to do all that.”
“Your vision of your future will help you press forward. Take a few minutes to envision where you want to be in one year or two or five. Then take action to prepare yourselves. People donâ€™t just run a marathon when they decide to do it. They must train daily, slowly building stamina and endurance to run the 26.2-mile distance. So it is with life. It is daily diligence with prayer and scripture study that will help you reach your goals. Your daily decisions will influence generations.”
“Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.”
“A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.”
“I don't think many kids question their surroundings. Everything seems so permanent and inevitable growing up, even chaos.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.”
“I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie mice, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.”

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