"Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail."

-- Meghan O'Rourke

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“Have faith that when bad things happen to you, I belief in an after life, it is better to suffer here on Earth than what awaits you. That is why I pray for pain, and I get it. I do.”
“My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read Boneland.”

Source : "Alan Garner: a life in books". Interview with Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.
“One question that people always ask at home is never asked here: "What happened to Communism in Russia?" Everybody yawns when a visitor brings it up, because the answer is so obvious to every Russian. The answer is that there never was Communism in Russia; there were only communists.”
“You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.”
“We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty.”
“Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.”
“In the case of some women, orgasms take quite a bit of time. Before signing on with such a partner, make sure you are willing to lay aside, say, the month of June, with sandwiches having to be brought in.”

Source : Bruce Jay Friedman (1978). “The Lonely Guy: And, The Slightly Older Guy”, p.145, Grove Press
“Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'”

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