"Nature supplies the game of chess with its implements; science with its system; art with its aesthetic arrangement of its problems; and God endows it with its blessed power of making people happy."

-- Peter Weiss

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“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”
“Show me the story. I just want to tell a story that pulls me forward.”
“If you want to produce really horrible, obnoxious kids, say yes to them all the time.”
“I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.”

Source : E.L. Doctorow (2010). “Ragtime: A Novel”, p.66, Random House
“Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!)”
“Children are the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it's fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person.”
“I wondered if kicking him in the head would make the whole explanation pop out of his mouth in one chunk.”
“The influence of (the national parks) is far beyond what is usually esteemed or usually considered. It has a relation to efficiency -- the working efficiency of the people, to their health, and particularly to their patriotism -- which would make the parks worth while, if there were not a cent of revenue in it, and if every visitor to the parks meant that the Government would have to pay a tax of $1 simply to get him there.”

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