"America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet."

-- Dick Gregory

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“We're trained to believe we should cling to one person only. Yet there are so many people who pass in and out of our lives. Good people, worth people, interesting people. Most of them stay for a little while and then move on. Some of them find a place with us and, if we let them, they enrich us. Don't close yourself off from the rest of the world, Eve. If you find someone who can make you understand a little more, laugh every now and then, give you a new experience, then never feel guilty. You'll just have more to give back to those who are closest to you.”

Source : Iris Johansen (2008). “Quicksand: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller”, p.191, St. Martin's Press
“Every time we watch over one another, godlike qualities of love, patience, kindness, generosity, and spiritual commitment fill the souls of those we visit and enlarge our souls as well.”
“You're so good at helping everybody else, I think you're in danger of leaving yourself out of your own life.”
“I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.”
“I think that's the most important thing: when life kind of screws you over a little bit, you've got to learn from that experience.”
“I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.”

Source : Stephanie Perkins (2013). “Anna and the French Kiss”, p.186, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“There is a part of me that likes things that are epic, that's why I think a lot of my songs go to these soundscapes that are cinematic, because I really like the epic storytelling.”

Source : Interview with Charles Carman, www.curatormagazine.com. June 16, 2014.
“What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common....”

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