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There are no moments more painful for a parent than those in which you contemplate your child's perfect innocence of some imminent pain, misfortune, or sorrow. That innocence (like every kind of innocence children have) is rooted in their trust of you, one that you will shortly be obliged to betray; whether it is fair or not, whether you can help it or not, you are always the ultimate guarantor or destroyer of that innocence. Michael Chabon
Whereas during those months of separation time had never gone quickly enough for their liking and they were wanting to speed its flight, now that they were in sight of the town they would have liked to slow it down and hold each moment in suspense, once the breaks went on and the train was entering the station. For the sensation, confused perhaps, but none the less poingant for that, of all those days and weeks and months of life lost to their love made them vaguely feel they were entitled to... Albert Camus
Wealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future... Frederik Pohl
If the reader says the state of affairs which I wish to bring about is right, or is just, or is inevitable and if this must lead into further deterioration, then I will have no quarrel with it. I might even, in some circumstances, feel obliged to support him. T. S. Eliot
Bertrand Russell quote: "Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting..."
Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life. Bertrand Russell
Ivan Turgenev quote: "He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a..."
He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect. Ivan Turgenev
The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing -- a blanket -- the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water. Doug Coupland
Charles Dickens quote: "It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some..."
It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present. Charles Dickens
There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em. Harper Lee
When they married and gave in marriage. They danced at the County Ball. And some of them kept a carriage. And the flood destroyed them all. Hilaire Belloc
Today I realized that what I wrote yesterday I really wrote today: everything from December 31 I wrote on January 1, i. e. today, and what I wrote on December 30 I wrote on the 31st, i. e. yesterday. What I write today I'm really writing tomorrow, which for me will be today and yesterday, and also, in some sense, tomorrow: an invisible day. But enough of that. Roberto Bolano
I am in need of music that would flow. Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow. Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low, Of some song sung to rest the tired dead, A song to fall like water on my head, And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow! There is a magic made by melody: A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool. Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep. To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,... Elizabeth Bishop
I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves. Peggy Noonan
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel. Francis Bacon
Albert Einstein quote: "A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all..."
A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes. Albert Einstein

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