"The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure."

-- Francis of Assisi

“A book brings its own history to the reader.”
“Lincoln was known to have walked miles to borrow books, to get the most rudimentary form of education. So what do we do on his birthday? We close the schools!”
“When I'm on stage I feel at home”
“I'm tempted to tell you that you think too much, but I'm not really one to talk,' Jacob said. 'Henry Miller wrote something about fear making you fearless. It's a very powerful emotion. Use it to get what you want. I mean if it's going to rule our life, it might as well rule you to freedom, right?”

Source : Tiffanie DeBartolo (2002). “God Shaped Hole: A Novel”, p.57, Sourcebooks, Inc.
“Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner”
“I want my next girlfriend to be my wife.”
“The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.”
“In moments of pain, we seek revenge.”

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