"If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it."

-- Charles Rangel

#Father Quotes #Absent Quotes

“The only purpose of advertising is to make sales. It is profitable or unprofitable according to its actual sales.”
“It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born?”

Source : Jeff Vandermeer (2007). “City of Saints and Madmen”, p.261, Spectra
“We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television.”
“My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did”

Source : Karen Hesse, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Lord, Ann M. Martin (2013). “Scholastic Newbery Collection”, p.245, Scholastic Inc.
“I was never afraid of getting old. I remember being young and thinking, Wow, I can't wait until I'm older because I feel like everything is going to happen then. I don't want to sound pretentious or anything, but I'm always one of the first ones to say, "Let's try that."”
“Words can be used as a bomb or balm.”
“Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho responded, a smirk flashing across his face. "Real piece of work, this guy. I gotta get me one of those shuck suits. Fancy stuff." "Am I awake?" Thomas asked. "You're awake. Now eatâ€”you look horrible. Almost as bad as Rat Man over there, reading his book.”
“The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him”

Source : Menachem Begin's speech at the National Defense College, www.nytimes.com. August 8, 1982.

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