"Threatened men live long."

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Source : Mary Boykin Chesnut (2011). “Mary Chesnut's Diary”, p.59, Penguin

Mary Boykin Chesnut

#Men Quotes #Long Quotes

“I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.”

Source : Source: pokerworks.com
“A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.”
“As we move closer and closer to a nonsexist world, women will have an equal opportunity as men to be rejected, embarrassed, and humiliated beyond all consolation.”

Source : Linda Sunshine (1989). “Women Who Date Too Much”, Plume
“Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.”
“I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.185, LSU Press
“And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.”

Source : David James Duncan (2015). “The River Why”, p.290, Hachette UK
“I need those nukes, the chief said. I need them, I need them right now. I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve step program to help you break this addiction.”
“I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep. I always stay on West Coast time, and I'm always so fried when I come back, I usually sleep naturally.”

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