"Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?"

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Source : Jacqueline Carey (2003). “Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel”, p.173, Macmillan

Jacqueline Carey

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“Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind...”

Source : "The Life of the Creative Spirit". Book by H. Charles Romesburg, 2001.
“The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.”
“Little Jane's love would have been my best reward, without it, my heart is broken.”
“Perhaps crossing the barriers of time has freed me.”

Source : W. P. Kinsella (2003). “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy”, p.172, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit.”
“All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ['ifraat,' or doing something to excess] and conservatism ['tafreet,' or doing something insufficiently]. So in that sense, we are all moderates - taking the middle path.”

Source : "Omar: 'Our plan is the destruction of America'". BBC World Service Interview, www.independent.co.uk. November 16, 2001.
“Because he's a character who's looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.”
“The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.”

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