"Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end, and one means is surely as good as another, since the end obtained is always the same. In any case the exceptional, endlessly repeated, is no different than the banal; and unceasing recapitulation can add nothing, in the end, to the sum of experience. I am weary and hopeless three times the dupe. Why have you trained me in the shame of abominable sins?"

-- Remy de Gourmont

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“A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.”
“Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery. But no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave.”

Source : "What has Malala Yousafzai done to the Taliban?" by Kamila Shamsie, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2012.
“Massachusetts led the nation passing the first state minimum wage a century ago in June 1912, and with passage of an $11 state minimum wage ... will be leading the nation again with a wage floor that is good for business, good for customers and good for our economy.”
“Hefeweizen. Never drink something you can't spill.”
“We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.”
“Our recent pop-music icons, even the most radical ones, like BjÃ¶rk or Caetano Veloso, often have to present themselves as happy and make positive work because they have such a large young fan base to whom they feel responsible. They can't be too negative. Now, criticism is basically a negative act. As you know, critics are neither pop stars nor popular. They are the gripers. But someone has to speak up and say no to this and yes to that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened.”
“Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.”

Source : Jane Smiley (1991). “Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas”

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