"Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then he saw her waiting, suspicious eyes, so he replied cautiously, "None active," as if wives were volcanoes."

-- John le Carre

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“America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large part of its "dream" from Native Americans.”

Source : Paula Gunn Allen (1986). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, Boston : Beacon Press
“Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.”
“Only God can change a season of war into a season of peace. Would you agree with me in prayer for peace?”
“Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.”
“The past is just something that's over.”
“You canâ€™t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterdayâ€™s junk.”
“Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.”
“I think I was nervous enough, even at 3:00 a.m., that you could hear my heart beating over the microphone.”

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