"We were not having any fun, he had recently begun pointing out. I would take exception (didn't we do this, didn't we do that) but I had also known what he meant. He meant doing things not because we were expected to do them or had always done them or should do them but because we wanted to do them. He meant wanting. He meant living."

-- Joan Didion

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“The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa,the aromatic America of Columbus,Catholic America, Spanish America,the America where noble CuauhtÃ©moc said: "I am not on a bed of roses"-our America trembling with hurricanes, trembling with Love: O men with Saxon eyes and barbarous souls, our America lives. And dreams. And loves. And it is the daughter of the Sun. Be careful.”

Source : Ruben Dario, “A Roosevelt”
“I immediately felt better about killing him. Iâ€™ve never known a Trevor who wasnâ€™t a total douchebag. Itâ€™s just one of those names that goes so nicely with selfish, arrogant, malicious behaviorâ€”and really, what did I know about this guy? Nothing, except that his name was Trevor and heâ€™d been nabbed in the midst of breaking-and-entering. That was plenty.”

Source : Cherie Priest (2011). “Bloodshot”, p.46, Spectra
“I grew up in a family of people who were obsessed with fashion,”
“He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.”
“Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.”
“Critical remarks are only made by people who love you.”
“For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.322, Del Rey
“The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.”

Source : Beryl Smalley (1975). “Historians in the Middle Ages”

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