"Lovely promise and quick ruin are seen nowhere better than in Gothic architecture."

-- George Santayana

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“The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever.”
“Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster, who break the spell of our loneliness.”
“I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of raising a lesson out of every verse in his reading of the Bible; and of turning it into a Prayer; and engage him (and them) unto a daily Course in reading the Bible in such a way”

Source : Cotton Mather (1912). “Diary of Cotton Mather, 1681-1724: 1681-1708”
“I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?”
“It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust,”
“But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.”

Source : "Fears of a clown" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2003.
“Caring for our children and making sure they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our responsibility.”
“The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone.”

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