"It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places."

-- Paul Theroux

#Travel Quotes #Worst Quotes #Magical Places Quotes

“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to become, in places we can never go and might not care to, while assuring that we get to return home again.”
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”
“I'm going to the White House to get my presidential kneepads.”
“You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.”

Source : Lee Child (2001). “Echo Burning: A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.107, Penguin
“Apparently I had a boner in the acceptance video”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 10, 2014
“I had to do something for the country.”
“If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.”
“The impending teacher shortage is the most critical education issue we will face in the next decade.”

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