"Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me."

-- Paul Farmer

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“Fitzgerald could sense that America was poised on the edge of a vast transformation, and wrote a novel bridging his moment and ours. The Great Gatsby made manifest precisely what Fitzgeraldâ€™s contemporaries couldnâ€™t bear to see, and thus it is not only the Jazz Age novel par excellence, but also the harbinger of its decline and fall.”

Source : Sarah Churchwell (2013). “Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby”, p.13, Hachette UK
“Although the photographer and the art thief were close friends, neither had ever taken the other's picture.”
“My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.”
“Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”

Source : "Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?" by Walter Dean Myers, www.nytimes.com. March 15, 2014.
“I'm way too old to change sports now. Sportsmen start so young - some of the ski jumpers we were talking to, they were jumping those giant ramps at nine years old. It's definitely something they've dedicated their entire lives to, and that's why they're so good at it. I started racing when I was 11, so there are a lot of similarities there. They grow up as a kid, find something they are passionate about, and they continue to work at it to try to be the best they can be.”
“It's not rebels that make trouble, but trouble that makes rebels.”
“The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.”
“I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.”

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