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I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before.

The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree.

Shyness emanated from his dark features; he seemed a good-hearted sort.

Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this-worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-escahtologizing the gospel.

The grace of God is never the cause for glorying in one's own power ... Perseverance is always opposed to false self-confidence.

What are you smiling at, Sir Archie? The hound and you seem on wondrous friendly terms;

They add up to one thing: the building of world socialism.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

After a time, Fogelin shifted into writing and editing manuals. Often lampooned, these texts, if studied with a fanaticism ordinarily reserved for the Bible, revealed a multitude of secrets.

opinions are strong, as ladies' opinions generally are,

start. They say that Albemarle

will end with a summary of my conclusions, but putting them in a more personal way. I said at the beginning that anyone who defends his subject will find that he is defending himself;

OLD BRANDY came to mean a taste that was eccentric, esoteric, but just within the bounds of reason.

The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.

Every - real - happiness - for - man - can - arise - exclusively - only - from - some - unhappiness - also - real - which - he - has - already - experienced.

how there are never crystallized in them any subjective being-convictions formed by their own logical deliberations—as in general is proper to three-brained beings—but instead, only those convictions are crystallized that depend exclusively upon the opinions of others.

The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it it his head that splits.

My brow still burns from the kiss of the queen; I have dreamed in the grotto where the siren swims . . .

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.

That bastard Tolkien paints us dragons out to be a bunch of ignorant and repulsive savages. Well as far as I'm concerned, this Mr. Tolkien was a real low-hearted sonuvabitch.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

To build a world for someone seems a romantic thing from where I stand." Dov shook his head. "Sam Masur, that fucked-up, romantic kid.

Still, Amelia had not allowed herself to be certain until dessert, when she'd asked him about the book that had had the greatest influence on his life, and he'd replied Principles of Accounting, Part II.

But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too much. I haven't wanted to read one yet, though.