"I consider the television set as the American fireplace, around which the whole family will gather."

-- Red Skelton

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“Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?”
“At the outset, it is only liking, not understanding, that matters. Gaps in understanding ... are not only important, they are perhaps even welcome, like clearings in the woods, the better to allow the heart's rays to stream out without obstacle. The unlit shadows should remain obscure, which is the very condition of enchantment.”
“I just love where I am right now in my career.”
“Then Arjuma saw in both armies fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons; fathers of wives, uncles, masters; brothers companions and friends. . . . When Arjuna thus saw his kinsmen face to face in both lines of battle, he was overcome by grief and despair and thus he spoke with a sinking heart.”
“We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united”
“Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.”
“If I have a drink in my hand, sometimes it accidentally falls in the direction of the person.”
“When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.”

Source : Steven Erikson (2009). “Memories of Ice: (Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 3)”, p.953, Random House

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