"My primary object is to defend and advance a principle in which I see the only possible relief from much that enthralls and degrades and distorts, turning light to darkness and good to evil, rather than to gage a philosopher or weigh a philosophy. Yet the examination I propose must lead to a decisive judgment upon both."

-- Henry George

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“When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake, I disturbed its surface with countless circles. But when I reached the depths, I became very still.”
“I started out, coming out of college, I had my Realtor's license, and I did real estate full time for a number of years.”
“My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records.”
“Time is what makes good stories. Much has been cooking for a long time, and at last finds an out in narration one day. That's a supreme joy. And why the characters keep showing up.”
“Don't ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out.”
“I think Marshawn Lynch is the most important player in this football game.”
“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.”

Source : Czeslaw Milosz's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 8, 1980.
“Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.”

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