"Children have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at."

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Source : John Wyndham (2003). “The Day of the Triffids”

John Wyndham

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“There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways.”
“As you go higher up in the ladder, you look down, and it's a pretty far fall, so you tend to watch your step a bit more. That's all you can do. It's a full time job not to kill these niggas out here; every day I ask for the strength not to go off the handle and whack one of these stupid cunts.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.”
“It showed nothing. I'm not pregnant.”
“Everything matters. Time is precious.”
“To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist on dragging them back to the straight and narrow”
“Marriage is a language of love, equality, and inclusion.”

Source : Evan Wolfson (2007). “Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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