"Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly."

-- Elihu Root

#Chance Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Quarrels Quotes

“When you meet someone you love, then you change for good. Thatâ€™s why the other person will never know or understand the earlier you, and why you can never change back. And why, when that person starts to go, youâ€™ll feel the tear deep in your heart long before your head has the slightest clue whatâ€™s going on.”
“America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.”
“I think people always appreciate somebody else's informed educated opinion. To the degree that anybody with a computer can offer a journalistic point of view whether or not they have a degree, it sort of alters the validity of you have to place on anyone's individual comment.”
“I have loads of underwear, but only wear the bras because I never wear knickers.”
“What we call creation science makes no reference to the Bible. It says there are two possible explanations for the origin of the universe and living things: theistic, supernatural creation by an intelligent being, or nontheistic, mechanistic evolutionary theory that posits no goal and no purpose in the evolutionary process. We just happen to be here.”
“Thoughts race, as if, in a mind devoid of memory, each idea has too much space to grow and move, to collide with others in a shower of sparks before spinning off into its own distance.”

Source : S J Watson (2011). “Before I Go To Sleep”, p.308, Random House
“to weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself.”

Source : Margaret Campbell Barnes (1949). “Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn”, London : Macdonald
“Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.”

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