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C. S. Lewis quote: "Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the..."

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.

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TO ALL THEambulance driversfirewatchersair-raid wardensnursescanteen workersairplane spottersrescue workersmathematiciansvicarsvergersshopgirlschorus girlslibrariansdebutantesspinstersfishermenretired sailorsservantsevacuees. Shakespearean actorsand mystery novelists. WHO WON THE WAR. Connie Willis
Ernest Hemingway quote: "To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it."
To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it. Ernest Hemingway
Isaac Newton quote: "What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean."
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean. Isaac Newton
I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment'. Andy Warhol
John Adams quote: "To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is..."
To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse. John Adams
William Butler Yeats quote: "Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned. By those..."
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned. By those who are not entirely beautiful. William Butler Yeats
Sugar Ray Leonard quote: "I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I..."
I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. Sugar Ray Leonard
There was a silence. Then: ‘What you are saying,’ said Philippa slowly, ‘is that the child Khaireddin would be better unfound?’ The Dame de Doubtance said nothing. ‘Or are you saying,’ pursued Philippa, inimical from the reedy brown crown of her head to her mud-caked cloth stockings, ‘that you and I and Lymond and Lymond’s mother and Lymond’s brother and Graham Malett would be better off if he weren’t discovered?’ ‘Now that,’ said the Dame de Doubtance with satisfaction, ‘is precisely what... Dorothy Dunnett
Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure. John Conyers
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very..."
Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. Madeleine L'Engle
Jack L. Chalker quote: "it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always..."
...it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always condemns it when they see it but rationalizes it when they do it. Jack L. Chalker
Will Sergeant quote: "I don't really go for the swagger thing too much."
I don't really go for the swagger thing too much. Will Sergeant
Al Capp quote: "Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work. Al Capp
I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I’d be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. Alice Hoffman
Samuel Johnson quote: "The best part of every author is in general to be found in his..."
The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you. Samuel Johnson