"Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?"

-- William Wordsworth

#Men Quotes #Reason Quotes #Made Quotes

“I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?”
“Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand," the father had told his adoring son. "And if there is only one man, then that man must stand alone." ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne”
“How can you know what is missing if youâ€™ve never met it? You must know of somethingâ€™s existence before you can notice its absence.”

Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2010). “The View from Saturday”, p.137, Simon and Schuster
“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”
“I stared at her closely, studying her face, her eyes, everything. This was the angel that tamed a demon; the soul that trapped him and held him with a power he'd never felt before. Love.”

Source : Dan Wells (2010). “I Am Not A Serial Killer”, p.265, Macmillan
“Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space. That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there. If it is, they roll the smog back so they won't have to look at it.”
“I wanted to be the exception to the other kids, but in the right way. We have a lot of suffering in our part of the world, but that suffering is, in a way, a blessing. Obviously, I could not afford to go to school without a scholarship, so that meant I had to excel in order to get one.”

Source : "The Grass is Greener... On Both Sides". Jordan Business Magazine Interview, December 2006.
“But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.”

Source : "David Axelrod and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa defend President Obama's economic record". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. September 2, 2012.

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