"The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage."

Source : Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital 23: 191 (1912)

“To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer.”
“The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.”

Source : "The Scrapbook Designer's Workbook: Unlocking the Secrets to Great Page Design". Book by Kari Hansen, 2007.
“An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.”
“Not everyone sees you the way you do. Sometimes our imperfections are what makes us special. - Tripp”

Source : Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire (2013). “The Atria Indie Lovers Collection: Twisted Perfection, Losing Hope, and Red Hill”, p.103, Simon and Schuster
“Let your children go if you want to keep them.”
“Extremes are dangerous.”

Source : Jonathan Mayhew (1750). “A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers: With Some Reflections on the Resistance Made to King Charles I, and on the Anniversary of His Death: in which the Mysterious Doctrine of the Princes' Saintship and Martyrdom is Unriddled: the Substance of which was Delivered in a Sermon Preached in the West Meeting-house in Boston the Lord's-day After the 30th of January, 1749/50...”, p.55
“I can't say no. But I did say, "OK. But have another song just in case."”
“Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2014). “The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing”, p.13, Vintage

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