"I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity."

-- Erykah Badu

“You tasted it. Isn't that enough? Of what do you ever get more than a taste? That's all we're given in life, that's all we're given of life. A taste. There is no more.”

Source : Philip Roth (2001). “The Dying Animal”, p.112, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If my hair gets any frizzier, I'll shave it to the scalp. Or light it on fire. Whichever is easier.”

Source : Victoria Scott (2014). “Fire & Flood”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.
“This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful.”
“I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didnt have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.”

Source : Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.115, Atlantic Books Ltd
“I don't care how much money he (Frank Viola) makes. He can have my locker, I'll take him to all the best restaurants and show him New York. He can even have my wife, but he can't have my number, no way.”
“Try to be a whole person.Not just a night person, or a day person. Be the kind of person who can live in both.”
“Women's weapon, water-drops.”
“Subsidize... or lend.”

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