"Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty."

-- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

#Inspirational Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Guilt Quotes

“Relationships always sounded so physically painful: you fell in love, you broke a heart, you lost your head. Was it any wonder that people came through the experience with battle scars?”
“She is the elephantâ€™s eyebrows,â€ Evie whispered appreciatively. â€œThose jewels! How her neck must ache.â€ â€œThatâ€™s why Bayer makes aspirin,â€ Mabel whispered back, and Evie smiled, knowing that even a socialist wasnâ€™t immune to the dazzle of a movie star.”
“With charm youâ€™ve got to get up close to see it; style slaps you in the face.”
“If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.”

Source : Jack Weatherford (2005). “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”, p.125, Broadway Books
“To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, every instinct and every teaching. The acceptance of this idea is possible only to those of especially progressive tendencies and a strong sense of justice, and it is yet too soon to expect these from the majority.”
“I love you, Sir Marco!”
“As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.”
“I am glad to see the wheels are moving at last toward comprehensive immigration reform after last year's election. I am glad that immigrants are speaking up.”

Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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