"The life we receive is not always what we choose."

-- Amy Tan

“Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If love is real, it is complete and total failing of the intellect. It is utter self-destruction. It is pandemonium.”

Source : Joe Meno (2006). “The Boy Detective Fails”, p.183, Akashic Books
“Christ would not vote for Barack Obama because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved,”
“As more people use social media to tell the story of the future, the wants and needs of more people will be reflected.”
“Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn't know about something bad, it wasn't happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true.”
“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world”
“When I first came to Arsenal, I realised the back four were all university graduates in the art of defending. As for Tony Adams, I consider him to be a doctor of defence. He is simply outstanding.”
“Money buys everything, even true love.”

Source : "Flor de Obsessão: as 1000 melhores frases de Nelson Rodrigues" by Companhia das Letras, 1992.
“It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge can draw conclusions from the phenotype he presents and from the traits of his relatives.”

Source : Philip Kitcher (1997). “The Lives to Come”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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