“In the debate over guns, both sides are angry. The pro-gunners are angry at the ignorance, lies, and distortions of the anti-gunners, and the anti-gunners are angry with the pro-gunners for presenting facts.”
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“The only religious opinion I feel sure of is this: self-awareness is not just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.”
― Friday
― Friday
“Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She didn't give up, Ben; she's still trying to lift that stone after it has crushed her. She's a father working while cancer eats away his insides, to bring home one more pay check. She's a twelve-year-old trying to mother her brothers and sisters because mama had to go to Heaven. She's a switchboard operator sticking to her post while smoke chokes her and fire cuts off her escape. She's all the unsung heroes who couldn't make it but never quit.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
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