“We have too much technological progress, life is too hectic, and our society has only one goal: to invent still more technological marvels to make life even easier and better. The craving for every new scientific discovery breeds a hunger for greater comfort and the constant struggle to achieve it. All that kills the soul, kills compassion, understanding, nobility. It leaves no time for caring what happens to other people, least of all criminals.”
― Papillon
― Papillon
“And I don't believe you dead. How can you be dead if I still feel you? Maybe, like God, you changed into something different that I'll have to speak to in a different way, but you not dead to me Nettie. And never will you be.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“But let me ask you this: what do you think would have happened that night in the woods had I not come? You claim to want to save her now when I was the one that has saved her…from you.”
― Mourning Grey: Part Two
― Mourning Grey: Part Two
“Admiral McPhearson put his arms around Anderson and hugged him. At that moment, admiral and lieutenant became father and son.”
― Murder on the Naval Base
― Murder on the Naval Base
“Who doth ambition shun And loves to lie in the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets,”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
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