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Doe Quotes (page 196)

Troy: Why do we inflict this on ourselves? Ben: Why? I'll tell you why, 'cause the Red Sox never let you down. Troy: Huh? Ben: That's right. I mean - why? Because they haven't won a World Series in a century or so? So what? They're here. Every April, they're here. At 1:05 or at 7:05, there is a game. And if it gets rained out, guess what? They make it up to you. Does anyone else in your life do that? The Red Sox don't get divorced. This is a real family. This is the family that's here for you. Jimmy Fallon
There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts. Theodore Roosevelt
The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say 'Africa'. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist. Ryszard Kapuscinski
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. Leo Buscaglia
Ian Mcewan quote: "Is there any meaning in my life that the inevitable death..."
Is there any meaning in my life that the inevitable death awaiting me does not destory? Ian Mcewan
Oscar Wilde quote: "A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is..."
A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain. Oscar Wilde
Voltaire quote: "When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his..."
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? Voltaire
Ernest Hemingway quote: "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big..."
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? Ernest Hemingway
Joseph Heller quote: "It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar. What the..."
It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar. What the hell does it mean when they disappear somebody? Joseph Heller
If you do not learn to hate you will never be lonely enough to love easily nor will you always be brave, although it does not grow any easier. Do not pretend to convenient beliefs, even when they are righteous; you will never be able to defend your city while shouting. Audre Lorde
Of all men the drunkard is the foulest. The thief when he is not stealing is like another. The extortioner does not practice in the home. The murderer when he is at home can wash his hands. But the drunkard stinks and vomits in this own bed and dissolves his organs in alcohol. Ernest Hemingway
A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He will, however, try to understand the viewpoints of his opponents and will always keep an open mind and seek every opportunity of serving his opponents. Mahatma Gandhi
The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them? the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status. Carl Sagan
Oh, Pipo, I'd be glad for you to try. But do believe me, my dear friend, touching her heart is like bathing in ice"I imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire. Orson Scott Card
Tom Stoppard quote: "Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things..."
Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does. Tom Stoppard

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