"An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence."

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Source : Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1852). “Romance and reality”, p.70

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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“If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe.”
“Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.”

Source : William T. Vollmann (1994). “The rifles”, Viking Pr
“Thou shalt not whine' should be the eleventh commandment.”
“You cannot buy a bad automobile any more from any producer. We have to do more products not because we're looking at a particular segment, but because it's a great vehicle.”
“You can't go wrong with love.”

Source : "Ne-Yo, Baby Bash join 'Idol' dropout Mario Vazquez on debut" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. March 21, 2006.
“I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time.”
“In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth.”

Source : Fred Hoyle (1983). “The Intelligent Universe”
“Of course thereâ€™s something there; unfortunately, thereâ€™s always something â€˜there.â€™ Something you will one day be sorry you saw.”

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