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I was never particularly opposed to the idea of having kids—let no one say that I don't love kids! It always seemed like an interesting future possibility, the same way that joining the Peace Corps someday seemed like an interesting future possibility.

one scholar puts it, "if a physician cannot identify the cause of a disease, it means that it is procured by the Devil.

Most of the time it is a good job and a good honour to fight against people's values, because most of the time people's values are irrational and absurd!

Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean.

Stupid man produces noise; clever man produces silence!

There is no such a rule that patience leads to salvation! Patience can lead to salvation or it can lead to disaster. Every inaction or every action is open to all the possibilities!

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

Evil will always triumph because good is dumb" - Dark Helmet

Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth.

Good God, is the man a heathen?' 'Worse, a capitalist with pretensions of culture.

What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about my life moonlighting as a kidnapper.

According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.

Froi heard Zabat's voice echo over and over again throughout the gorge. Wonderful. The gods had found a way of multiplying the idiot's voice.

When your're both finished trying to frighten each other away with the sordidness of your pasts, can you help me, please?

I just don't trust people who have bodies that change with their moods. Well then you'll never trust the opposite sex again.

Unexpectedly, a fierce sense of protectiveness comes over me. Except I fight it back because I can hardly look after myself these days.

Well, I'm not sure what suspicious looks like. Sometimes when you come down the mountain and stand behind those trees, you look suspicious.

He came to understand the difference between the gods' blessed and a smart man. His uncle was one. His father the other.

I am disappointed. Violette knows how I feel about smart girls turning into needy sex objects for dumb boys.

According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.

You said earlier you knew the color of hell. I just figured you had kinfolk somewhere as living proof.

Well don't demand the spotlight if you can't handle the attention.

pleasant morning in Dublin getting her hair and nails done, she was stuck

You cannot force me to make my wishes now" She squared her shoulders and looked at him. "I've read texts.