"The attacking piece displaces its victim. The vanquished piece leaves the plane of the board entirely. But it does not, in a higher sense, cease to exist."

-- Robert Charles Wilson

#Pieces Quotes #Doe Quotes #Boards Quotes

“I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.”
“It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2002). “Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960”, Counterpoint Press
“Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.”
“Beauty can be seen in all things......”
“The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.”

Source : Afterthoughts (1931) "Art and Letters"
“I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.”
“Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.”
“It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen.”

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