"Along the way, he or she discovers that the world has been broken for as long as anyone can remember. Everyone, sooner or later, gets a thorough schooling in brokenness. The question becomes what to do with the pieces?"

-- Michael Chabon

#Broken Quotes #Long Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.”
“As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.”
“The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.”
“Defeat is not worth thinking about.”
“I am concerned that my children will grow up sheltered from the public. I am concerned that the children get to experience childhood and youth in their time without constant monitoring. It has been very important for both the Crown Prince and myself.”
“The modern history of economic theory is a tale of evasions of reality.”
“beware how you contradict prejudices, even knowing them to be such, for the generality of people are much more tenacious of their prejudices than of anything belonging to them ...”

Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1841). “The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author”, p.6
“Biographies by preachers are of no value. If they admire a man they always make him a saint, while if they dislike one, they always make him a demon.”

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