"Writing makes no noise, except groans, and it can be done everywhere, and it is done alone."

-- Ursula K. Le Guin

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“I ma trying to feel more well adjusted than I really am, which is, I guess, the human condition.”
“All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards.”
“When over long periods of human history I scrutinized the activity of the Jewish people, suddenly there arose up in me the fearful question whether inscrutable Destiny, perhaps for reasons unknown to us poor mortals, did not, with eternal and immutable resolve, desire the final victory of this little nation.”
“Some people spend their entire lives devoted to a religion that claims to be the â€˜rightâ€™ religion... they often deny scientific evidence that contradicts their archaic holy books, they sometimes oppress those who disagree with them, and they always do what they do in the name of an unknowable deity... but sometimes, they wake up. Occasionally, they realize that all religions are man-made and that none of them are â€˜right.â€™ And when they do, they can live happy and fulfilling lives without dogma and without anticipating or fearing an afterlife.”

Source : "The Cave" by Jose Saramago, tr. Margaret Jull Costa, Vintage, (p. 60), 2003.
“There's an old saying, this too shall pass, and change is good.”
“I think there's a pride of what a real American can be. I mean, I'm a transplant, but I've got American kids and an American wife, and when I go back to England I feel more like an American, the way I look at the world, is more from an American perspective at this point. I've traveled every state 30 or 40 times, and have met an amazing array of people, and I have found Americans to be among the most kind and tolerant people I have ever met.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I am now going to make you a gift that will stay with you the rest of your life. For the rest of your life, every time you say, "We've always done it that way," my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours.”
“Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet.”

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