"Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean."

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Source : Rebecca Stead (2010). “When You Reach Me/First Light”, p.160, Wendy Lamb Books

Rebecca Stead

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“The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their careful observance of all the rules, their precious concern for status symbols, their strict legality, their pious patriotism... the haircut becomes the test of virtue in a world where Satan deceives and rules by appearances.”
“They see poetry in what I have done. No. I apply my methods, and that is all there is to it.”

Source : Christoph Becker, Julia Burckhardt, Georges Seurat, Kunsthaus Zürich, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2009). “Georges Seurat: figure in space”, Hatje Cantz Pub
“I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.”
“For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.”
“The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.”
“I get up every morning and I'm grateful for everything that has happened. I go through my list about being grateful for my children and grandchildren, and for the really remarkable life that I have been able to have.”
“A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands, knowing it is something that feeds him more than water.”

Source : Michael Ondaatje (2009). “The English Patient: Special Edition”, p.165, A&C Black

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