"Right now, it's hard to imagine that it is raining anywhere in the world."

“Don't be stupid. You're a child. You don't know what it means to be in love." And she flung open the car door as if she wished she had the strength to rip it from the hinges, and stalked off to the house through the rain. That night, I lay in bed, troubled by what she'd said, blocking out the sounds of argument from my parents' room. Was love what my parents had? Yelling at eachother, worrying about money? Never smiling? Never happy? If that was love, then I didn't want it.”

Source : Barry Lyga (2009). “Boy Toy”, p.317, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with tall stems, and dandelions with splendid flowers and fairy down, than the too - well-tended lawn.”

Source : William Henry Hudson (1923). “The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson: The book of a naturalist”

“I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.”

“No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.”

Source : Robert Burton (1800). “The anatomy of melancholy: what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, ... In three partitions. ... By Democritus junior. With a satyricall preface ... The ninth edition, corrected; to which is now first prefixed, an account of the author. ...”

“I think changing the Democratic Party platform [at the convention] is a great place to start. It should include expanding Social Security, a $15 minimum wage, and breaking up too-big-to-fail banks on Wall Street - among other Sanders priorities.”

Source : "What Should Bernie Sanders Do Next?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2016.

“When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.”

“All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.”

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