"Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation."

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Source : E. M. Delafield (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated)”, p.2419, Delphi Classics

E. M. Delafield

#Believe Quotes #Fate Quotes #Immortality Quotes

“Most players unfortunately go to the casinos with an attitude that makes it even easier for casinos to psyche them into losing. Most except to lose; therefore, it's not too surprising when they achieve their goal.”
“The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.”
“Loyalty is an asset, independent and scarce, parceled out among different contestants for power. No ruling government or nonruling group enjoys absolute loyalty - no contestant can have the whole pie.”

Source : Yossi Shain (2010). “The Frontier of Loyalty: Political Exiles in the Age of the Nation-State”, p.18, University of Michigan Press
“I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.”
“The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.”

Source : Roger Zelazny (2016). “This Immortal”, p.85, ibooks
“You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.”
“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.”

Source : "Two-Way Ticket to Paradise', book review of Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva". The New York Times, August 29, 1975.
“I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.”

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