“Black Minx never moved. She seemed to know what this was all about. She accepted their offerings, their embraces, in a very queenly way. Her manner indicated that she was getting only what was long due her, and that she had known all along no colt would beat her in the Kentucky Derby.
Perhaps she had known. Alec and Henry wouldn't have been surprised. She was that kind of girl.”
― The Black Stallion's Filly
Perhaps she had known. Alec and Henry wouldn't have been surprised. She was that kind of girl.”
― The Black Stallion's Filly
“Aunque ya han aparecido plásticos realmente biodegradables derivados de azúcares vegetales naturales, así como un poliéster igualmente biodegradable hecho a base de bacterias, las probabilidades de que estos reemplacen a los originales derivados del petróleo no son muchas.”
― The World Without Us
― The World Without Us
“God is the Cure, Love is the Answer”
― God is the Cure, Love is the Answer : A Memoir
― God is the Cure, Love is the Answer : A Memoir
“To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.”
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“Just the class division of society creates two different, two parallel worlds/antipodes in this very society. And this means yet two polar models of behavior in the political life of the society—the democracy of the rich class is in fact a dictatorship for the poor one! In other words, the state is not of people and democracy is not for all.”
― Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
― Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
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