"When it comes to ideas - and religions are, among other things, ideas - there is no right not to be offended. ... In fact, if you need laws ... to protect your faith, maybe your faith is weak."

-- Katha Pollitt

#Law Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I was a barmaid for my mum for years, as we lived above a pub. I still can't hear the Heartbeat theme tune without breaking into a cold sweat, as it used to start at the same time as my shift.”
“In the candle's flickering light, the library's thousands of books emerged from the shadows, and for a moment Nicholas could not help admiring them again. During free time he had almost never looked up from the pages he was reading, but now he saw the books anew, from without rather than from within, and was reminded of how beautiful they were simply as objects. The geometrical wonder of them all, each book on its own and all the books together, row upon row, the infinite patterns and possibilities they presented. They were truly lovely.”
“The future is created through memory.”
“What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons Do, but awake a hope to live...?”
“Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.”
“Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice”
“Measuring Safety Performance by the number of injuries you have is like measuring parenting by the number of smacks you give”
“Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.”

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