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We are not masters of our own affections; our inclinations dailyalter: now we love pleasure, and anon we shall dote on business. Human frailty will have it so, and who can help it? — George Etherege

We were interrupted by a girl with a strawberry birthmark on her nose; she had some papers in her hand and asked if we had signed the petition for the imprisoned Argentinean comrades. Belbo signed without reading it. "They're even worse of than I am," he said to Diotallevi, who was regarding him with a bemused expression. "He can't sign," Belbo said to the girl. "He belongs to a small Indian sect that forbids its members to write their own names. Many of them are in jail because of government persecution." The girl looked sympathetically at Diotallevi and passed the petition to me.
"And who are they?" I asked.
"What do you mean, who are they? Argentinean comrades."
"But what group do they belong to?"
"The Tacuarus, I think."
"The Tacuarus are fascists," I said. As if I knew one group from the other.
"Fascist pig," the girl hissed at me. She left. — Umberto Eco

People took such awful chances with chemicals and their bodies because they wanted the quality of their lives to improve. They lived in ugly places where there were only ugly things to do. They didn't own doodley-squat, so they couldn't improve their surroundings. so they did their best to make their insides beautiful instead. — Kurt Vonnegut

The reading room for suckas," Dr. Tennessee says. "The back stacks where all the good shit hiding. — Daniel Jose Older

One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power. — Cara Black

I was never okay but that wasn't for then or ever, for him or anyone. It was just what it was and it was all for me. — Kristen Ashley

There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine. — Norah Jones

The great scandal of American life is that we pay for German levels of government without enjoying the related benefits. — Kevin D. Williamson

Highly readable, compelling analysis of America's current political crises — Craig Barnes

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read. — Samuel West

It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress. — Barbara De Angelis

Memories shrink. Like a soap bar used over and over, they become deformed, weaker scented, too slight and slippery to hold. — Amanda Hodgkinson

I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written. — Kristin Cast

Grace seeks faith like a heat-seeking missile. In salvation, the act of faith is a raw admission of helplessness. It is abject humility reaching out empty hands. By exercising faith, you acknowledge your inability so that you might rest on Christ's ability. — Bill Giovannetti