"Each of us has a creation tale - how we came into this world. And I'll add this: each of us has an uncreation tale - how our lives came apart. That which undoes us. Sooner or later, it will claim you. Mark you. More than your creation."

-- Michael Hainey

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“Im boyish with a feminine twist. I definitely gravitate toward oversized things like shirts and jackets. I like a good trouser, but then I might mix it up with something more feminine, like a pointy boot or pumps.”
“That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies.”
“Life is like any other contact sport; youâ€™re gonna get your knocks. But itâ€™s not the knocks that count, itâ€™s how you handle them. If you handle them with anger, distrust, jealousy, hate, this in return is what youâ€™re going to get. But if you handle these knocks with love and understanding, they donâ€™t mean much. They just dissipate.”
“I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man.”

Source : "David Crockett: His Life and Adventures". Book by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, p. 294, 1875.
“Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time. " I turned and met the amused eyes of Christian Ozera, a onetime annoyance who'd become a good friend. So good, in fact, that in my joyous zeal, I reached out and hugged him--something he clearly didn't expect. I was surprising everyone today. "Whoa, whoa, " he said backing up, flushing. "It figures. You're the only girl who'd get all emotional about the thought of killing. I don't even want to think about what goes on when you and Ivashkov are alone.”
“If you don’t almost fail, then it wasn’t hard enough”
“I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures had. I am rich with living.”
“The only sex education my mother ever gave me was the injunction: 'Never let a boy touch you down there.' I had no idea what she meant. She seemed to be referring to my knees.”

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