"If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another."

-- Epicurus

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“The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.”
“The issue presented is whether the Federal Constitution confers a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy, and hence invalidates the laws of the many States that still make such conduct illegal, and have done so for a very long time.... Respondent would have us announce, as the Court of Appeals did, a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy. This we are quite unwilling to do.”
“The tribal attitude said, and continues to say, that Gay people are especially empowered because we are able to identify with both sexes and can see into more than one world at once, having the capacity to see from more than one point of view at a time. And that is also an Indian way of seeing.”

Source : Judy Grahn (1990). “Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds”
“What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?”

Source : Flora Thompson, H. J. Massingham (2009). “Lark Rise to Candleford”, p.506, David R. Godine Publisher
“The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
“I still love things that you don't even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.”
“Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit.”
“We live in a world of entertainment in full color with a lot of fast action, a world in which many children grow up thinking that if it isn't fun, it is boring and not worthwhile. Even in family activities we need to strike a balance between play and work.”

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