"If the poor ever feel poor as the rich do, we will have a most bloody revolution."

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Rebecca West

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“I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting.”
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

Source : "Introduction to Criminal Justice" by Larry Siegel, Cengage Learning, (p. 202), January 5, 2009.
“In the world of love, it takes more than love to make someone happy”
“Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His holy majesty; thou hast bereaved Him of beloved children; thou hast crucified the Son of His infinite love; thou hast vexed His gracious Spirit; thou hast defied His power; thou hast despised His grace; and in the body and blood of Jesus, as if that were a common thing, thou hast trodden under foot His matchless mercy. Surely, brethren, the wonder of wonders is, that sin is not that abominable thing which we also hate.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 546, 1895.
“I've been blessed with pretty strong stamina and healthy genes, so I'd call myself sensible. I've had regular mammograms ever since I found a lump in my breast when I was 30. Thankfully all was well.”

Source : "My body & soul". Interview with Catherine Rapley, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2009.
“I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow.”
“Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.”
“Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow. You special, miraculous, unrepeatable, fragile, fearful, tender, lost, sparkling ruby emerald jewel, rainbow splendor person. It's up to you.”

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