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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best- – Herman Melville
The dark world seemed to lie stricken beneath the cold moon and the lidless stars. – William Faulkner
We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. – Ray Bradbury
Then said Littleheart son of Bronweg: ·'Know then that Tuor was a man who dwelt in very ancient days in that land of the North called Dor-lómin or The Land of Shadows and of the Eldar the Noldoli know it best' . – J.R.R. Tolkien
You've got no cause to hurt me, she said. - I know. But I gave my word. - Your word? - Yes. We're at the mercy of the dead here. In this case your husband. - That dont make no sense. - I'm afraid it does – Cormac McCarthy
FORD: That's right - and you said, when you've done something unforgiveable, forgive yourself, and that's what I've done, and it's done. – David Mamet
Excusatio Non Petita, Acusatio Manifesta. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Little Fly, Thy summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brush'd away. Am I not A fly like thee? Or are thou not A man like me? – William Blake
We will not ever know ourselves again. Like the light that moves between the bars of light we sometimes called death, we , too, will have flowered, even with such unquenchable flames as these. – Paul Auster
After so many lonely years, I know what life & love may be. Now, if I sleep, I shall sleep fulfilled. – Bertrand Russell
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. – David Mamet
An unidentified man in nailhead denim was fished out of the Chicago River, wrapped in chains locked to a Duesenberg hood ornament. – David Mamet
That's my job, to forge the blade. To sharpen it. To use it without mercy or conscience. To be the truth in a place where everybody lies. – Michael Connelly
Vendrán más años malos y nos harán más ciegos. Vendrán más años ciegos y nos harán más malos. Vendrán más años tristes y nos harán más fríos y nos harán más secos y nos harán más torvos. – Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio
Must I at length the Sword of Justice Draw? Oh, curst Effects of necessary Law! How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan, Beware the Fury of a Patient Man. – John Dryden
The world is still, for she is old And many´s the bead of life she´s told. Her gossip there, the watching moon Views hill and stream and wave and dune – William Faulkner
Today, love and forgive.. That´s all you need to do --- one day at a time – Christine A. Adams
The Truth is in the Depths – Democritus of Abdera
Only the young have such moments .I don´t mean the very young, No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments. – Joseph Conrad
First of all there is Blue. Later there is White, and then there is Black, and before the beginning there is Brown. Brown broke him in, Brown taught him the ropes, and when Brown grew old, Blue took over. That is how it begins. The place is New York, the time is the present, and neither one will ever change. – Paul Auster
The Fox devises many strategies, the Hedgehog knows one great and effective strategy. – Stephen Jay Gould
Much later, when he was able to think about the things that happened to him, he would conclude that nothing was real except chance. – Paul Auster
When the Enlightened King rules his deeds spread over the whole world but seem not from himself. His riches are loaned to the Myriad Things, but the people do not depend on him. He is there, but no one mentions his name. He let things find their own delight – Chuang - Tzu
A politics of moral engagement is not only a more inspiring ideal than a politics of avoidance. It is also a more promising basis for a just society. – Michael J. Sandel
One eye began to work, and he watched the clouds, the broken pieces of the world hanging above like tomorrow´s big repair job, waiting. – Tim Gautreaux
My father was right. There is no client as scary as an innocent man. – Michael Connelly
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. – Confucius
A precept left by Lord Naoshige in his Writing on the Wall reads: Matters of Great Importance Should Be Decided Lightly. Master Ittei commented: Matters of Minor Importance Should Be Decided Seriously. – Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best-

– Herman Melville

The dark world seemed to lie stricken beneath the cold moon and the lidless stars.

– William Faulkner

We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it.

– Ray Bradbury

Then said Littleheart son of Bronweg: ·'Know then that Tuor was a man who dwelt in very ancient days in that land of the North called Dor-lómin or The Land of Shadows and of the Eldar the Noldoli know it best' .

– J.R.R. Tolkien

You've got no cause to hurt me, she said. - I know. But I gave my word. - Your word? - Yes. We're at the mercy of the dead here. In this case your husband. - That dont make no sense. - I'm afraid it does

– Cormac McCarthy

FORD: That's right - and you said, when you've done something unforgiveable, forgive yourself, and that's what I've done, and it's done.

– David Mamet