"False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss."

-- Alexander Pope

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“Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity.”
“Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.”
“Predisposition is not predestination.”

Source : William Landay (2012). “Defending Jacob: A Novel”, p.195, Delacorte Press
“From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.”
“More exists among human beings than can be answered by the simplistic question I'm hit with every day of my life: "Are you a man or a woman?”

Source : Leslie Feinberg (1998). “Trans liberation: beyond pink or blue”, Beacon Pr
“There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you're money and that you want to party.”
“You can be our critic. Would you dig that? (Yes, he was the last Man in America who could say â€œdigâ€ with a straight face without referring to the process of using a tool to remove dirt from the ground.)”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.
“Jack shook his head. "Not one of my many talents, sadly. But if you have a cherry stem I can show you a really cool one.”

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