"There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone."

-- Merrit Malloy

#Children Quotes #Might Quotes #Plague Quotes

“Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can,”

Source : "GOP Congressman 'Offended' By Moral Questions Obama Addressed In Counterterror Speech" by Ben Armbruster, thinkprogress.org. May 26, 2013.
“That's the old AA maxim, "Always have a drink in your hand and you'll never want a drink." That's one of the most classic deceptions in the literature: "I'll take a drink tomorrow." I actually don't think that's necessarily a very helpful maxim in AA, but it's a very good maxim in showing how strategic self-deception can be employed, even self-consciously. That's the amazing thing, to me, about self-deception.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My nature is a quagmire of unresolved confessions.”

Source : Robert Creeley (1966). “Poems 1950-1965”
“But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?”
“The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.”

Source : Italo Calvino (2017). “The Uses of Literature”, p.347, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.”
“Through the 13th century, paintings of Angels exhibit a predominantly masculine appearance. Over the next 300 years, their images become more delicate, gentle, and feminine, until Angels are shown as androgynous or even distinctly female.”
“Free speech is what we all have and is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Academic freedom refers to what happens in the university, particularly in the classroom, and to the importance of the teacher having the right to teach and share what he or she has learned, has proven her competence to teach, having gone through a series of tests and certifications including research and writing to demonstrate her abilities and knowledge.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com

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