"She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what take place on shore among human beings are of the moment, passing, and aren't the stories by way of which the greater tale of this planet will, in the end, be told."

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Source : Caleb Carr (2010). “The Angel of Darkness”, p.155, Ballantine Books

Caleb Carr

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“People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They said things like, â€œIf this were the Middle Ages, you'd be married and you'd own a farm with about a million chickens on it.â€ They were trying to kick you out of childhood. Once you were gone, there was no going back, so you had to hold on as long as you could.”

Source : Heather O'Neill (2016). “Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel”, p.13, HarperCollins
“Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.”
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“A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.”

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