"I'd begun to realize that there was an unspoken predjudice among book-learned people, a secret conviction they all seemed to share, that life as we know it is an imperfect vision of reality, and that only art, like a pair of reading glasses can correct it."

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Source : Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason (2005). “The rule of four”, Egully.com

Ian Caldwell

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“I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out.”
“Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.”
“A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.”
“It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.”
“The path of love is not for the faint of heart. It is tested and pushed over and over again.”
“I am a very peaceful man. I love people and am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time.”

Source : "Good to be King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom". Book by Michael Badnarik, 2004.
“For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill:But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still.”

Source : Jan Struther, “The Choice”
“I enjoy reality as much as the next man. It's just that in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.”

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