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Bess Streeter Aldrich

"Junior was eleven. The statement is significant. There are a few peevish people in the world who believe that all eleven-year-old boys ought to be hung. Others, less irritable, think that gently chloroforming them would seem more humane. A great many good-natured folks contend that incarceration for a couple of years would prove the best way to dispose of them."

Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1924). “Mother Mason”, p.34, U of Nebraska Press

Bess Streeter Aldrich

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“Parents vary in their sense of what would be suitable repayment for creating, sustaining, and tolerating you all those years, andwhat circumstances would be drastic enough for presenting the voucher. Obviously there is no repayment that would be sufficient . . . but the effort to call in the debt of life is too outrageous to be treated as anything other than a joke.”
“Weak faith will as surely land the Christian in heaven as strong faith, for it is impossible the least dram of true grace should perish”
“And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast.”
“Mohammed knew that most people are terribly cowardly and stupid. That is why he promised two beautiful women to every courageous warrior who dies in battle. This is the kind of language a soldier understands. When he believes that he will be welcomed in this manner in the afterlife, he will be willing to give his life, he will be enthusiastic about going to battle and not fear death. You may call this primitive and you may laugh about it, but it is based on deeper wisdom. A religion must speak a man's language.”
“Like a lot of people, I love a bit of blood and gore.”

Source : "‘Harry Potter’ Countdown: Natalia Tena Weighs in on Tonks’ Mullet". Interview with Denise Martin, herocomplex.latimes.com. July 09, 2009.
“I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker.”
“I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most copywriters are like engines. They take a while to warm up to get to the point.”

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