"Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our mates is that many of us are looking for someone who reminds us of our parent or sibling of the opposite sex, who in turn resembles us."

-- Jared Diamond

#Sex Quotes #Sibling Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.”
“The Gulf War was like teenage sex. We got in too soon and out too soon.”
“Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.”
“God is with you always. Simply turn your face to Him.”
“Each civilization may choose one of two roads to travel, that is, either fret itself to death, or pet itself to death. And in the course of doing one or the other, it eats its way into the Universe, turning cinders and flinders of stars into toilet seats, pegs, gears, cigarette holders and pillowcases, and it does this because, unable to fathom the Universe, it seeks to change that Fathomlessness into Something Fathomable.”
“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”

Source : Harold S. Kushner (2006). “Overcoming Life's Disappointments”, p.48, Anchor
“Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.”
“Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.”

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