"It seemed so illogical to punish some poor criminal for doing something that civilization taught him how to do so he could have something that civilization taught him how to want. It seemed to him as wrong as if they had hung the gun that shot the man."

-- Chester Himes

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“Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.”
“Even knowing the ending was sad, I wouldn't have deprived myself the beauty of the story.”

Source : Sandra Brown (2010). “Rainwater”, p.132, Simon and Schuster
“I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me.”
“Love goes away when your mind goes away and then you're someone else.”
“When you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard, someone is getting smarter, and somebody is winning, just remember that.”
“The answers are what they are. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't true.”
“Strength is a matter of a made up mind.”
“Human beings are like detectives. They love a mystery. They love going where the mystery pulls them. What we don't like is a mystery that's solved completely. It's a letdown. It always seems less than what we imagined when the mystery was present. The last scene in `Blow Up' is so perfect because you leave the theater still dreaming. Or the end of `Chinatown,' where the guy says `Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.' It explains so much but it only gives you a dream of a bigger mystery. Like life. For me, I want to solve certain things but leave some room to dream.”

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