"You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake."

-- Arnold Lobel

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“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.”

Source : "Whitewashing Black History Month" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2012.
“When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer.”
“If I replace the word God with the word nature, I am far more at ease with the whole religious enterprise.”
“Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.”
“I am the bridge between the bleeding edge and the dead center. I stand between the Wizard of Oz and the man behind the curtain. I am the curtain.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.31, Head of Zeus
“Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.”
“I dont watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that Im choosing to watch.”
“I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.”

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