"Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil."

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Source : Robert Cormier (2013). “Heroes”, p.115, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Robert Cormier

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“The English have no imagination: and yet they do show imagination in two things - two only. In the evening-clothes worn by old ladies, and in their cafÃ©s.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg, Dick Davis (1989). “The Little Virtues”, p.24, Arcade Publishing
“It is wrong to take half or more of what people earn; wrong to force some people to pay for the support of others, threatening them with jail if they refuse (are in "noncompliance").”
“Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.”
“When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be gained, he may say to them, not by subtlety and intrigue; not by wire pulling and demagoguery; not by the arts of popularity; not by skill and shiftiness in following expediency; but by being firm in devotion to the principles of manhood and the application of morals and the courage of righteousness in the public life of our country; by being a man without guile and without fear, without selfishness, and with devotion to duty, devotion to his country.”
“Every system tries to get people to conform to support that system. That goes for communism, socialism, free enterprise, or any other civilization. If they don't demand loyalty, they can't keep their civilization together. So what they do is they teach things that would support an established system. We do not advocate an established system. TVP talks of an emergent system into state of change. So that we always prepare people for the next changes coming ahead. So that people will not cling to the past.”
“I'm excited about Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. It's the feast of a thousand senses, so just eat, eat, eat, eat.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Name 12 players better than me.”
“All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.”

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