"I was nothing more than a thug with Tolstoy in my pocket."

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Source : David Adams Richards (2002). “Mercy Among the Children: A Novel”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

David Adams Richards

#Thug Quotes #Pockets Quotes

“Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.”

Source : "Jesse Metcalfe's Addiction Battle". More! Magazine Interview, www.contactmusic.com. February 02, 2013.
“If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A citizen of the United States of America is someone who has sworn an oath of allegiance to that document, to the words, to the ideals of that document. Right now we have citizens who don't even understand what that document is.”
“It's very easy to feel someone's pain when you love them.”
“I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.”
“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.”

Source : Max Muller (1912). “Memories”
“I don't like futons. They can't commit. I'm a bed! I'm a couch! I'm a bed! I'm a couch!”
“Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.”
“You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self esteem issues.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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