"Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue."

-- Anne Carson

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“The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.”
“They miss Rachel and Lillian Rose every minute of every day. It doesn't bring them any comfort to see him standing there and know that their daughter and granddaughter are gone.”
“I really, really want to go to Paris. I've never been.”
“Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age which is cursed by the desperate need to cling to some finger-hold halfway up the mountain, to conform, not to cause trouble, to behave well....”

Source : John Mortimer (1995). “Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life”
“The reason most preaching is ignored today is that it deserves to be.”
“In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.”
“The thought of a comedy with paid prostitutes always seemed so silly and purposeless, for a person hired by me could never take the place of my imagination of a 'cruel mistress'.”

Source : Richard Von Krafft-Ebing (2013). “Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study”, p.146, Butterworth-Heinemann
“I think if you ask people why they watch me, there would be some common thread among all of them that I'm somewhat of an awkward older sister. I have a teen, mostly female demographic. How that happened, I don't know. But I think they see me as some sort of bizarre role model, and I'll keep trying to do that for them.”

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