"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

-- H. L. Mencken

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“Being a foreigner is not a disease.”

Source : Alden Nowlan (1968). “Miracle at Indian River: stories”, Toronto, Clarke
“This isn't over," I said. "After everything we've been through, you don't get the right to brush me off. I'm not letting you off that easily." I wasn't sure if it was a threat, my last stab at defiance, or irrational words spoken straight from my splintered heart. "I want to protect you," Patch said quietly. He stood so close. All strength and heat and silent power. I couldn't escape him, now or ever. He'd always be there, consuming my every thought, my heart locked in his hands. I was drawn to him by forces I couldn't control, let alone escape. "But you didn't.”
“A nice adaptation of conditions will make almost any hypothesis agree with the phenomena. This will please the imagination but does not advance our knowledge.”
“I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are into.”
“A tune has to resonate with whatever is happening around it.”

Source : "New Again: Jeff Buckley". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 28, 2013.
“Normally I object to strangers beaming force fields into my brain.”
“I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a heritage of culture and values and not of bombs and missiles... How can a nation allow a regime to instill fear, take away the people's freedom and shock the young generation that seeks its way out of the dictatorial Iran.”
“I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl.”

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