"The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart."

-- Donald Barthelme

#Heart Quotes #Fur Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Some cynical biographer said to me, Make sure it's a good death. Make sure you're not picking someone who just declined.”
“I think most importantly the reason we've been on the upswing is Ring of Honor has been very smart about the speed of its growth. ROH is not a company that says ok we're going to throw all this money in and let's just go for it. ROH has the business approach of slow but steady.”
“The man who keeps busy helping the man below him won't have time to envy the man above him.”
“The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.”
“The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life.”
“The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.”
“Get a grip, Dad. I'm not going to do anything you wouldn't do at my age.' He stands up and says, 'That's it. You're canceling this date.”
“I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.”

Source : "Is Huntsman Wrong To Skip Iowa?" by Liz Halloran, www.npr.org. June 21, 2011.

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