"I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers."

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Source : Louis Bayard (2009). “The Black Tower: A Novel”, p.5, Harper Collins

Louis Bayard

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“Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.”
“Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?”
“But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.”
“Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.”

Source : "Eric Church Welcomes Son Boone McCoy". celebritybabies.people.com. October 06, 2011.
“If we accept that we have at least an iota of free will, we cannot throw it back the moment things go wrong. Like a human parent, God will help us when we ask for help, but in a way that will make us more mature, more real, not in a way that will diminish us.”
“The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his ass.”
“I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd to me that someone who has gone through that experience and has managed to save then gets taxed for dying.”
“I do not comment on my client's personal lives in the media. As for Luke, he did so once, a long time ago when he was an inexperienced, young actor and now with maturity and hindsight, he has learned not to engage the press in his personal life again.”

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