"If the national mind of America be judged of by its legislation, it is of a very high order ... If the American nation be judged of by its literature, it may be pronounced to have no mind at all."

-- Harriet Martineau

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“One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.”
“An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.”
“Tomorrow's a hunting day," I say. "I won't be much of a help with that," Peeta says. "I've never hunted before." "I'll kill and you cook," I say. "And you can always gather." "I wish there was some sort of bread bush out there," says Peeta.”
“Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.”
“While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers.”
“This is what engineers in Silicon Valley typically do. "Ok, well, of course there are some problems of our technology because it is so excellent and is so global so we are just gonna build a better one."”
“Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts are that parenting is very personal. And we all feel enormous insecurity about parenting. What are they going to think of us 20 years down the line?”
“Witches never existed, except in peopleâ€™s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? Weâ€™re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. Weâ€™re all witches beneath the skin.”

Source : Ian Rankin (1986). “The flood”, P D Meany Pub

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