"On the sixth day God saw He couldn't do it all, so He created ENGINEERS"

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Lois McMaster Bujold

“I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.”
“I took some time off to enjoy my life, but figure skating is something I love and something I will continue doing for the rest of my life.”

Source : Q&As, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.
“I know the woman has no soul, I know The woman has no possibilities Of soul or mind or heart, but merely is The masterpiece of flesh: well, be it so. It is her flesh that I adore; I go Thirsting afresh to drain her empty kiss. I know she cannot love: it is not this My vanquished heart implores in overthrow. Tyrannously I crave, I crave alone, Her splendid body, Earth's most eloquent Music, divinest human harmony; Her body now a silent instrument, That 'neath my touch shall wake and make for me The strains I have but dreamed of, never known.”

Source : Arthur Symons (1919). “Poems”
“No friendship is so cordial or so delicious as that of girl for girl; no hatred so intense and immovable as that of woman for woman.”

Source : Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.231
“I want to make my contribution to humanity so that there will be no more Auschwitzes. Children who are born wanted and are given love and attention will not build concentration camps.”
“I'm about being the best.”
“I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle:benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.”
“Often people talk about how they feel 'stuck' in a situation. You're never stuck! You may be a little frustrated, you may not have clear answers, but you're not stuck. The minute you represent the situation to yourself as being stuck, though, that's exactly how you'll feel. We must be very careful about the metaphors we allow ourselves to use.”

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