"A man with a credit card is in hock to his own image of himself."

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Source : John D MacDonald (2013). “The Deep Blue Goodbye: Introduction by Lee Child: Travis McGee”, p.61, Random House

John D. MacDonald

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“God has laid upon us many severe trials in this world, but He has created labour for us, and all is compensated. Thanks to labour, the bitterest tears are dried; a serious consoler, it always promises less than it bestows; a pleasure unparalleled, it is still the salt of other pleasures. Everything abandons you -- gaiety, wit, love -- labour alone is always present.”
“The lonely heart you see tonight will not give up without a fight.”

Source : Song: Lonely Heart, Album: Richard Marx
“A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.”
“And now you are and I am and we're a mystery which will never happen again.”

Source : E. E. Cummings (1997). “XAIPE”, p.69, W. W. Norton & Company
“One golfer a year is hit by lightning. This may be the only evidence we have of God's existence.”
“I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.”
“If someone claims to have free will, ask them, free from precisely what?”

Source : "The Apophenion: A Chaos Magick Paradigm". Book by Peter J. Carroll, 2008.
“The Bible warns us clearly that we must not attack men of God no matter how sinful they may have become or wicked in our eyes.”

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