"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
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"My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map."
"Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope."
"Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy."
"It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them."
"How do you feel, Georgie?"whispered Mrs. Weasley.George's fingers groped for the side of his head."Saintlike,"he murmured."What's wrong with him?"croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?""Saintlike,"repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?"
"Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension."
"His hope wasn't lost, it was buried, and somehow Prudence Ryland made that old grave seem much more shallow than it once was."
"I'm sober. Yessiree, I quit drinking. I haven't had a beer in four hours. Now I just need some coffee and to get drunk on love poetry."
"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."
"You live but once; you might as well be amusing."
"Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience."
"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."
"If you can't feel, why did you kiss me?"Patch traced a finger along my collarbone, then headed south stopping at my heart. I felt it pounding through my skin. "Because I feel it here, in my heart,"he said quietly."
"When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose."
"You will hear thunder and remember me,and think: she wanted storms..."
"How long have you been standing there?""Just long enough to see you give Daemon the middle finger.""He deserved it."
"Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique."
"Jonesing [10w] Is it odd of me that I'm Jonsesing for strange?"
"I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got."
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