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An important consequence of giving highest priority to the metaphor of Moral Strength is that it rules out any explanations in terms of social forces or social class. — George Lakoff

Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place. — Mick Ralphs

Publishers, naturally, loathe used books and have developed strategies to depress the secondhand market. They bring out new, even more expensive editions of popular textbooks every three to four years, in a classic cycle of planned obsolescence. — James Surowiecki

one knee, with a groan, I released my hold upon his throat, — Solomon Northup

There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the members of nearly all other occupations so continuous and so permeating as that of the working housewife and mother. — Eleanor Rathbone

To live out childhood fantasies as a grown-up was to court and wed and bed disaster. — Lev Grossman

Being cautious is new territory; my specialty was leaping, not looking. These days I pay attention. You can stumble uphill as easily as down. Ice comes in smooth and corrugated. Plastic bags are slippery underfoot. A big dog can knock you to your knees. — Abigail Thomas

I'm not scared of flying. I'm scared of sharks, hurricanes, and false imprisonment. I'm scared that I will never do anything of value with my life. But I'm not scared of flying. — Taylor Jenkins Reid

I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic ... — Ursula K. Le Guin

This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career. — Patrick Ewing

Bean, what's one step worse then a fashion don't? ... a fashion don't even THINK about it. — Lisi Harrison

A life which does not go into action is a failure. — Arnold Joseph Toynbee