"Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments."

-- David Bronstein

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“We are not defined by our things. ItÂ´s not the clothes that we wear, the cars that we drive, the art we acquire- ItÂ´s not where we live- but how we live that defines us. ItÂ´s our actions that are remembered long after we are gone.”
“I’d heard about the Baptists from Jacob Henry’s mother. According to her, Baptists were a strange lot. They put you in water to see how holy you were. Then they ducked you under the water three times. Didn’t matter a whit if you could swim or no. If you didn’t come up, you got dead and your mortal soul went to Hell. But if you did come up, it was even worse. You had to be a Baptist.”
“Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description.”
“Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice.”
“What I'm not changes more than what I am.”
“Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability electrifies it to such an extent that the most gentle stimulus of friendly or hostile contact elicits from it lightning sparks, luminous flashes, or shattering blows.”
“I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed her. The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as it the world had switched to high definition. "No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid.”
“Life is about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, but most of the time it's both.”

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