"I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of all gifts, life, with the rope of religion around our necks? It chokes out freedom with dogma. It pinions us to the stake of superstition."

-- Gerry Spence

#Death Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Rope Quotes

“I do whatever my heart tells me to do.”
“My views are just about the same as Casey's.”
“It's unconscionable to breed with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries,”

Source : "Va. delegate says reports on abortion comments were 'unfair'" by Fredrick Kunkle, www.washingtonpost.com. February 25, 2010.
“That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.”

Source : "Expressing "The Misery and Confusion Truthfully": An Interview with Beth Henley". "American Drama" Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2005.
“THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAN'S SECRETS OF LONGEVITY 1. Don't run for a bus - there'll always be another. 2. Never, ever touch fried food. 3. Stay out of a Ferrari or any other small Italian car. 4. Eat fruit - a nectarine - even a rotten plum is good.”
“Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.”
“Americans are also feeling the effects of soaring energy prices at the gas pump. The double burden of these added expenses will be far too much for many families.”
“Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe.”

Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.329, Random House

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