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“She's forgetting,' Ellen said to Jack, plumping herself down on a chair. 'All of her life is leaking out of her. Soon there will be nothing left.”

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Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody is an Australian author renowned for her fantasy novels. Born on June 16, 1958, she has been publishing works since 1987, with her books enjoying widespread popularity among readers. more

“Socialism" is no more an evil word than "Christianity." Socialism no more prescribed Joseph Stalin and his secret police and shuttered churches than Christianity prescribed the Spanish Inquisition. Christianity and socialism alike, in fact, prescribe a society dedicated to the proposition that all men, women, and children are created equal and shall not starve.”

Men Children Facts Evil Church Secret Christianity Equal Police Socialism Dedicated Propositions Men Women Inquisition Secret Police Spanish Inquisition

Book:If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

Source: If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

“Phoebe tapped the toe of her sneaker against the dock. “There’s only one good use for a man like Heath Champion.” “Here we go again,” Molly muttered. Phoebe’s lip curled. “Target practice.”

Men Use Practice Lips Champion Target Toes Sneakers Docks Target Practice Here We Go Again

Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“(Sookie's Thoughts on Debbie Pelt) she had been cruel to Alcide, insulted me grievously, burned a hole in my favorite wrap and—oh—tried to kill me by proxy. Also, she had stupid hair.”

Stupid Hair My Favorite Holes Burned Kill Me Wraps Insulted Proxy

Book:Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set

Source: Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set

“Jealousy’s a weak emotion.”

Emotion Weak Hustle

Author:Jay-Z

“We men do nothing but lie and make ourselves important. Speech was invented for the purpose of magnifying all of our sensations and impressions — perhaps so that we could believe in them.”

Men Believe Important Lying Purpose Speech Impression Sensations Magnifying

Book:Mist Niebla: A Tragicomic Novel

Source: Mist Niebla: A Tragicomic Novel

“Yes, yes, I see it all! — an enormous social activity, a mighty civilization, a profuseness of science, of art, of industry, of morality, and afterwords, when we have filled the world with industrial marvels, with great factories, with roads, museums and libraries, we shall fall exhausted at the foot of it all, and it will subsist — for whom? Was man made for science or was science made for man?”

Men World Art Made Fall Social Feet Industry Morality Civilization Activity Filled Library Enormous Museums Factories Exhausted

Book:Tragic Sense of Life

Source: Tragic Sense of Life

“Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly - but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.”

Knows Men Said Reason Feelings Animal Laughing Degrees Cat Defined Reasoning Resolve Equations Differentiate Crabs

Author:Miguel de Unamuno

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