"God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Okay, I'll wear the Bite Me shirt,[...]It'll be my standard response to anyÂone who tries to hit on me." I giggle. "Someone can come up and be like 'Hey babe, what's your sign?' and I'll just point to my shirt." Rayne laughs appreciatively and tosses me the tank top. "Of course they might think you're pointing to your ***** in a 'have at 'em, big boy' kind of way.”

Source : Mari Mancusi (2006). “Boys that Bite”, p.12, Penguin
“I'd rather not live like there isn't a God Then die and find out there really is Think about it”
“I will give my whole heart and soul to my Maker if I can,' I answered, 'and not one atom more of it to you than He allows. What are you, sir, that you should set yourself up as a god, and presume to dispute possession of my heart with Him to whom I owe all I have and all I am, every blessing I ever did or ever can enjoy - and yourself among the rest - if you are a blessing, which I am half inclined to doubt.”
“Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.”

Source : Ralph Keyes (2003). “The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear”, p.22, Macmillan
“One has the feeling of enormous safety. You don't have the torque from the propeller. You have no noise; it's almost like little electric motors humming inside, and you feel sort of safe.”
“Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow and the day after that.”
“I long for scenes where man has never trod; A place where woman never smil'd or wept; There to abide with my creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept: Untroubling and untroubled where I lie; The grass below--above the vaulted sky.”

Source : 'I Am' (1848)
“It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.”

Source : "Esquire + Me in My Place with Camilla Luddington". Interview with Laura Lane, www.esquire.com. July 6, 2011.

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