"We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook. We may yearn for a ‘higher answer’– but none exists"
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"A necessidade de calor humano leva-nos a procurar companhia nos sítios mais estranhos e, por vezes, nos menos adequados."
"The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie."
"What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying."
"Legacy To leave a legacy,you first gotta leave your leg in the door."
"I want to write a book on sex. It will be filled with phrases like "Uuuhgh yeeeaaaah,"and "Ooooh that's it,"and "Whose hands are those?"
"Terrific. A bisexual dominant vampire with kidnapping expertise."
"Self abandoned, relaxed and effortless, I seemed to have laid me down in the dried-up bed of a great river; I heard a flood loosened in remote mountains, I felt the torrent come; to rise I had no will, to flee I had no strength."
"If I knew what you’d do, exactly when you knew what you’d do, then I’d either be you or I’d be God. And we both know I’m not you."
"That point in the sky where yellow meets blue, that’s a handshake I want to see at a #networking event. Sunglasses sold separately."
"Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done."
"He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear."
"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."
"Education is no substitute for intelligence."
"Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive."
"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
"When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning."
"Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write."
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
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