"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter."

-- Joseph Addison

#Thank You Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Children Quotes

“There have been decades of failed policies: zero tolerance, harassment and people being locked up for small crimes -\-\ policies that drive a divide between communities and law enforcement. So many people feel like they are voiceless, that they've been dehumanized. What we saw in the riots is a result of that.”
“Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.”
“A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.”
“December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond summer sympathies ensnared; Nor from the perfect circle of the year Can even winter's crystal gems be spared.”

Source : Christopher Pearse Cranch (1875). “The Bird and the Bell: With Other Poems”, p.191
“In our time ... a man whose enemies are faceless bureaucrats almost never wins. It is our equivalent to the anger of the gods in ancient times. But those gods you must understand were far more imaginative than our tiny bureaucrats. They spoke from mountaintops not from tiny airless offices. They rode clouds. They were possessed of passion. They had voices and names. Six thousand years of civilization have brought us to this.”
“In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty years, the clone will still be depressed because the Boston Red Sox will still have not won a World Series.”
“The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.”
“The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.”

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