"For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed upon both sides, it somehow failed to bring about either the reformation or the ruin of humankind: and after the conclusion of the murdering and general breakage, the world went on pretty much as it has done after all other wars, with a vague notion that a deal of time and effort had been unprofitably invested, and a conviction that it would be inglorious to say so."

Source : James Branch Cabell (2017). “Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances”, p.155, Wildside Press LLC

James Branch Cabell

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“You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog.”

Source : "Buddhists, Muslims Locked in Death Spiral?" by Wahab Raofi, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2017.
“On one hand, they [prostitutes] don't struggle because it's simply their life. In Mexico and elsewhere, once they get out of these places [brothels] they have a pretty square life.”
“Donald Trump is a master salesman. And he creates his own reality. So if he tells you, "This is a middle-class tax cut, and I, Donald Trump, won't benefit," he expects you to believe that. It doesn't matter that it's not true. It's he said it, you're supposed to believe it. And that's how he's run his entire administration. If he says it, that makes it true.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“...you found you were saying yes when you meant no, and â€œWeâ€™ve got to be together in this thingâ€ when you meant the very opposite ... and then you were face to face, in total darkness, with the knowledge that you didnâ€™t know who you were. And how could anyone else be blamed for that?”
“You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.”
“I look at you, angel, and I want you so badly. I want to be with you, listen to you, talk to you. I want to hear you laugh and hold you when you cry. I want to sit next to you, breathe the same air, share the same life. I want to wake up to you like this every day forever. I want you.”

Source : Sylvia Day (2013). “Entwined with You”, p.134, Penguin
“Most people know that there is this partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft on search.”
“Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.”

Source : Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.135, Penguin

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