"They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed to sleep for twenty hours a day. But I envied them too. It was the kind of lifestyle I could relate to.We didn't sleep for twenty hours, but we gave it our best shot."

-- John Marsden

#Dog Quotes #Teenager Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“The [Jewish] Sabbath was not intended to be simply a desert of prohibitions, but rather an oasis for moral restoration and seemly pleasure-one was to eat, drink, even be merry.”

Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books
“Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.”
“There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.”
“If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.”

Source : Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution Is True”, p.150, Penguin
“I was very surprised when last I bought a packet of cigarettes and had to request a refund as I read a warning that told me 'smoking can cause fatal lung cancer'.”
“All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.”
“I think I spent my whole childhood diving out of haylofts with my BB gun and coming out shooting.”
“I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.”

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