"Evil is an act, not an appetite. How many haven't wanted to slash the throat of some boor across the dining room table? Present company excepted of course. Everyone has the appetite. If you give in to it, it, that act is evil. The appetite is normal."
Gregory Maguire
"Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?"
Anonymous
"Spiritual seekers let their light shine so that others may see; not only to give service by example, but also to constantly remind themselves that spirituality is most gloriously embodied in our actions, our habits of being."
Anonymous
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Anonymous
"The dead think they can get away with anything because you'll feel sorry for them. If you play cards with the dead, make sure you deal and don't let them buy you drinks. They'll slip you a formaldehyde roofie and pry the gold fillings out of your teeth."
Richard Kadrey
"This is not a dirty little secret which was discovered just yesterday. But, if you follow the Golden Rule, good things happen to you and those around you."
Michael A. Contés II
"Men,' she said rueful, 'are the most absurd creatures on this green earth.' 'But there are camels,' Gabriel pointed out. 'Believe me,' she answered. 'I've taken camels into consideration."
Zoe Archer
"Certain places seem to exist mainly because someone has written about them."
Joan Didion
"When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them."
Michael Josephson
"True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others."
Alek Wek
"If you can't illustrate 'it', 'it' doens't belong in Physics as a noun! You can't put an article in front. You can't put a verb after!"
Bill Gaede
"Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."
Tennessee Williams
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"
Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos
"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."
Edgar Allan Poe
"A poet, any real poet, is simply an alchemist who transmutes his cynicism regarding human beings into an optimism regarding the moon, the stars, the heavens, and the flowers, to say nothing of the spring, love, and dogs."
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