"Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all."

-- Victor Davis Hanson

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“I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.”

Source : John Hanning Speke (2015). “Source of the Nile”, p.11, Amberley Publishing Limited
“when men in politics are together, testosterone poisoning makes them insane.”
“I really have problems with horror movies. I don't watch them. It's a feeling I don't want to have in cinema. I'm too reactive. It's too draining to watch that kind of movie.”

Source : "The divine lightness of being Ludivine Sagnier" by Chris Wiegand, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2009.
“Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism? Or does she expose the bad feelings that get hidden, displaced, or negated under public signs of joy? Does bad feeling enter the room when somebody expresses anger about things, or could anger be the moment when the bad feelings that circulate through objects get brought to the surface in a certain way?”

Source : Sara Ahmed (2010). “The Promise of Happiness”, p.65, Duke University Press
“Love is not a good thing, I've decided. It just makes you afraid you'll lose what you love, and then, because your fear makes a space for that to happen, it does. What's the point?”

Source : Helen Humphreys (2006). “Wild Dogs: A Novel”, p.103, W. W. Norton & Company
“To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.”
“I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.”
“So you wound up with Apollo/If he's sometimes hard to swallow/Use this.”

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