"It's easy to sell good news like this, and the authors confidently rely on classic fallacious arguments. They argue by declaration, which is what makes the books so amusing. In matter-of-fact, authoritative tones, the authors tell us how plants and human beings exchange energy - or they describe what angels look like, whether or how they're sexed, how they communicate with human beings, and how they differ from ghosts. Readers might be expected to wonder, How do they know?"

-- Wendy Kaminer

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“Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.”

Source : The Independent on Sunday, December 16, 1990.
“I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.”
“The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.”
“I am not famous for anything in particular. I am just famous.”
“It has been remarked (by a lady infinitely cleverer than the present author) how kindly disposed the world in general feels to young people who either die or marry. Imagine then the interest that surrounded Miss Wintertowne! No young lady ever had such advantages before: for she died upon the Tuesday, was raised to life in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and was married upon the Thursday; which some people thought too much excitement for one week.”

Source : Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.116, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Edward Snowden is anything but narcissist. In fact, I wonder every day how he could come up with the courage, muster the courage to sacrifice everything just so he could do, as he said in rather eloquent speech initially, alert the American people to what was going on. Call him a traitor, call him whatever you want to. The fact is he is a symptom of the disease, and the disease is constant war and the national security state. That is what we've become. That is our raison d'Ãªtre in the world today, to wage war.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“I wanted so terribly to be good to him.”
“Before every performance I feel nervous.”

Source : "Diego Boneta Dishes On His New Movie, Rock of Ages". Interview with Ellen Collis, www.seventeen.com. January 11, 2012.

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