"And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian."

-- Hjalmar Branting

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“I get asked to do benefits a lot and I've decided I've got to be a bit more discerning, I can't just do all of them. . . . I got asked to do a benefit for babies born addicted to crack. And I said well, all right, I'll help you raise money for them, but I think we both know what they're gonna spend it on.”
“By focusing on such a narrow slice of Nepali life, Ms. Spray and Mr. Velez have ceded any totalizing claim on the truth and instead settled for a perfect incompleteness.”
“Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.”
“Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity....”
“If inflation continues to soar, you're going to have to work like a dog just to live like one”
“Darling Daddy, This is Rose. The shed needs new wires now it has blown up. Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you. Love, Rose.”

Source : Hilary Mckay (2013). “Casson Family: Indigo's Star”, p.58, Hachette UK
“The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.”

Source : 'Emblems' (1635) bk. 1, no. 12 'Hugo de Anima'
“Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return.”

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