"I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it."

-- Benjamin Spock

“As far as I can see, in this world, youâ€™re a fool for not using whatever gifts youâ€™re given. Itâ€™s not as though you lied or cheated or stole to get Howard Marlowe as your father. Thatâ€™s who he is; thatâ€™s who you are. You got dealt a bad card when you were bittenâ€”so use one of the better cards you have in your hand to make up for it.”
“The full moon rises. The fog clings to the lowest branches of the spruce trees. The man steps out of the darkest corner of the forest and finds himself transformed into... A monkey? I think not.”
“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”
“There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but Â many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought Â a great deal about the subject and distilled its essence in a way that is wholly admirable.”
“I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.”
“Friendship, then, like the other natural loves, is unable to save itself. In reality, because it is spiritual and therefore faces a subtler enemy, it must, even more wholeheartedly than they, invoke the divine protection if it hopes to remain sweet. For consider how narrow its true path is. Is must not become what the people call a "mutual admiration society"; yet if it is not full of mutual admiration, of Appreciative love, it is not Friendship at all.”
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”
“Aretmis gripped her bow. â€œLet us pray I am wrong.â€ Can goddesses pray?”

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