"If the bones of all those who have fallen as a prey to intemperance could be piled up it would make a vast pyramid. Who will gird himself for the journey and try with me to scale this mountain of the dead--going up miles high on human carcasses to find still other peaks far above, mountain above mountain, white with the bones of drunkards."

-- Thomas De Witt Talmage

#Journey Quotes #Pyramids Quotes #White Quotes

“In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.”

Source : "The Neverland Club" by Molly Ringwald, www.nytimes.com. August 11, 2009.
“As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.”
“A pause followed my greeting. Then â€œWeâ€™re watching you â€ whispered the voice on the other end. â€œYeah? Did you see what I did with my keys? â€ Silence. Then dial tone. These younger demons. So easily discouraged.”
“Yet, ironically, it is her very wretchedness that makes me pity her so. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what to do!”
“Predictions can sound really good if you're good with words and can express them eloquently and give people ideas and inspiration in their head. But I'm not really good at that, so I don't want to.”
“...Things happened when you were little. Things you don't remember now, and don't want to. But they need to escape, need to worm their way out of that dark place in your brain where you keep them stashed.”
“Women give themselves to God when the devil wants nothing more to do with them.”
“I can't stand unpacking.”

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