"... if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us to break her and bullyher, as well as honour and love her, for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured."

-- Virginia Woolf

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“I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.”
“We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.”

Source : "No More Clever Wordplay on Torture" by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2007.
“The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them.”
“Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep your heart away.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
“Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.”
“It is better to receive than to do injury.”
“I consider myself an artist, but instead of paint or clay, my medium is drag. I put so much of myself into my drag from every detail of the costume, makeup and hair to my performance, the way I speak or even stand.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Baby eagles can never soar under their family's wing.”

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