"I don't care very much for literary shrines and hauntsI knew a woman in London who boasted that she had lodgings from the windows of which she could throw a stone into Carlyle's yard. And when I said, "Why throw a stone into Carlyle's yard?" she looked at me as if I were an imbecile and changed the subject."

-- Carolyn Wells

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“I don't know exactly where ideas come from, it's just a matter of us figuring out how to receive the ideas waiting to be heard.”
“I definitely think the idea of friend zone is just men going, 'This woman won't have sex with me.”
“Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.”
“I won't rest until Tom Chaney's barking in hell.”
“Being patient even in the thickest of storms can be the one device that may catapult you over any obstacle.”
“But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.”

Source : Owen Wister (2009). “The Virginian (Cortero Pantheon Edition)”, p.328, Fireship Press
“I've been coming to Notre Dame since 1957. This place, this campus, is the closest thing there is to perfection.”
“Many people believe that dealing with overweight and obesity is a personal responsibility. To some degree they are right, but it is also a community responsibility. When there are no safe, accessible places for children to play or adults to walk, jog, or ride a bike, that is a community responsibility.”

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