"I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my height--teenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature."

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Cory Doctorow

#Girl Quotes #Guy Quotes #Height Quotes

“It makes no sense for us to consider going back there and getting involved in what truly is a religious civil war. What real difference would (air strikes) make on the ground? And secondly, is it in the best interests of the United States to do that? I would say that those questions are not being answered in a compelling way that would cause me to support that.”

Source : "Gabbard: Back to Iraq 'makes no sense'" by Jonathan Topaz, www.politico.com. June 13, 2014.
“I think there's an innocence to me.”
“But I'll be fine. I'll be with Tod. He's a good guy, you know." He just hides it under all the sarcasm and curls.”
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.”
“You can't just mess with somebody's prescription, and I really like wearing glasses. It's my eyesight and I don't want to mess with that.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com
“Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain forever young.”

Source : FaceBook post by Roger Angell from May 10, 2017
“After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.1319, Broadway Books
“I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics â€“ I just got bronze.”

Source : "Edinburgh fringe's 10 funniest jokes revealed" by Mark Brown, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2012.

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