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“So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. He'd firmly denied both Warren and Waverly. Watson had prompted him to do a very bad Sherlock Holmes impersonation throughout a good portion of a train ride to Edinburgh, Scotland. And Wayne seemed so wrong she hadn't even tried. Hale was Hale. And not knowing what the W's stood for had become a constant reminder to Kat that, in life, there are some things that can be given but never stolen. Of course, that didn't stop her from trying.”
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“We think that we know a man or a woman, when so much of what we know is actually that man's or that woman's situation, his or her place on the board of life. Move the pawn to the last row and see her rise in armor, sword in hand.”
Source : Gene Wolfe (2011). “Home Fires”, p.137, Macmillan
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“If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.”
Source : FaceBook post by Gary Busey from Jun 25, 2013 
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“My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn't to say that there aren't parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don't know them.”
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“During rehearsals I am confronted by things very mysterious. I have terrific fights with inner demons, and it's more painful than it ever was.”
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“Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance.”
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“The Jewish conception of the Jews as the Chosen People who must eventually rule the world forms indeed the basis of Rabbinical Judaism... The Jewish religion now takes its stand on the Talmud rather than on the Bible.”
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“Just my luck,' sighed the endolg. 'Twenty million people in the Realm and I get locked up with a wuss.”
Source : Herbie Brennan (2011). “The Purple Emperor: Faerie Wars II”, p.134, A&C Black
