"Most people I know live their lives moving in a constant forward direction, the whole time looking backward."

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Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel”, p.22, Vintage

Charles Yu

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“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. [Misattributed]”
“O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! O drooping souls, whose destinies Are fraught with fear and pain, Ye shall be loved again.”
“I love rings, but I cant wear them. I mean, look at my knuckles. My fingers and joints are so swollen from years of playing. That means no wedding band, either. Luckily, I have a very understanding wife.”
“Destiny ... a word which means more than we can find any definitions for. It is a word which can have no meaning in a mechanical universe: if that which is wound up must run down, what destiny is there in that? Destiny is not necessitarianism, and it is not caprice: it is something essentially meaningful. Each man has his destiny, though some men are undoubtedly "men of destiny" in a sense in which most men are not.”
“Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.”
“I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I have no preconceptions.”
“The last thing I wanna do is sit home and watch television.”
“We wouldn't want to be like the Swiss, would we? That would be awful! We'd be rich!”

Source : "Ukip's Nigel Farage ridicules David Cameron's EU referendum speech" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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