"I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income."

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Source : Wilkie Collins (2015). “Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins”, p.786, e-artnow sro

Wilkie Collins

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“It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.”
“One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man.”

Source : NELSON A. MILES (1911). “SERVING THE REPUBLIC”
“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.”
“Jazz music is a language of the emotions.”
“Though the archbishop may rightly argue that they are objectively wrong in their positions, I don't understand how he can presume to know the consciences of Vice President [Joe] Biden and Senator [Tim] Kaine sufficiently to question the genuineness of their faith and condemn them personally.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“Families are where children live. Almost everything they experience is in the context of family life.”
“Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems.”

Source : "Telling Stories About the Future of Journalism" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. January 27, 2014.
“I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.”

Source : "Recent Reports Show Need for Congress to Act on Climate Change" by Rep. Mark Pocan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2014.

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