"There always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace."

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Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.65, Faber & Faber

Alexander Gordon Smith

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“I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the gym skinny at 15 or 16, and I was that way, too.”
“Since all men are created equal, I have to thank God I was born a woman.”
“I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.”

Source : RAE FOLEY (1965). “SUFFER A WITCH”
“You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.”
“Uriah looked better than he did an hour ago--he washed the blood from his mouth, and some of the color returned to his face. I'm struck, suddenly, by how handsome he is-- all his features are proportionate, his eyes dark and lively, his skin bronze-brown. And he has probably always been handsome. Only boys who have been handsome from a young age have that arrogance in their smile. Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles like he is surprised you bothered to look at him from the first place.”
“A life that is truly lived is constantly burning away the veils of illusion, gradually revealing the essence of the individual.”

Source : Marion Woodman (1985). “The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation”
“In the Spirit which draws us into honest engagement with one another, including those who may be very different from us in various ways, God calls us to wake up and learn how to love and respect one another, period.”
“I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.”

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