"I love to see folks use reason if they have got any ..."

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Source : Marietta Holley (1875). “My Opinions and Betsy Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light, to Guide Women to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, But which May be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, Without Injury to Themselves Or the Book”, p.86

Marietta Holley

#Use Quotes #Reason Quotes #Folks Quotes

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
“I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.”
“Totally girly - love all the childish sounds.”
“You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is the logic: You have the choice of spending fifteen years married to a woman, a black woman or a white woman. Fifteen years kissing and hugging and sleeping real close on hot nights. With a black, black woman or a white, white woman. The white woman is Kate Smith. And the black woman is Lena Horne. So you're not concerned with black or white anymore, are you? You are concerned with how cute or how pretty. Then let's really get basic and persecute ugly people!”
“Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.”
“Suffering itself is beloved: love and suffering are far closer to each other than love and pleasure.”

Source : Lydia Millet (2005). “Oh Pure and Radiant Heart”, p.127, Soft Skull Press
“When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself.”
“We came to see Jace. Is he alright?" "I don't know," Magnus said. "Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?”

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