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“All I'm out for is a good time - all the rest is propaganda.”

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Alan Sillitoe was a British writer known for his novels depicting the lives of the working class. His works profoundly revealed the social conflicts and class differences in the mid-20th-century British industrial society. more

“I tell the kids that, even in a childhood marked by despair and deprivation, I knew that no matter what happened, I still had my family, or at least the remnants of a family ripped apart by divorce and then glued back together in various odd arrangements through a series of ill- advised remarriages. It was good to know I had a solid foundation.”

“So I want to thank the Pentagon, the Soviet Union and the military-industrial complex from the bottom of my heart. Without them, I could never have become the man I am today.”

Men Want Heart Today Military My Heart Unions Complexes Bottom Soviet Soviet Union Pentagon Military Industrial Complex

Book:Last Words

Source: Last Words

“Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.”

Grace Humour Consoling

Author:C. S. Lewis

“So I do have this ambivalence. Obviously I'm against militaries, because of what militaries do. In many ways though, the air force was unmilitary-like. They dropped bombs on people, but...they had a golf course.”

People Way Courses Force Air Golf Bombs Golf Course Air Force Ambivalence

Author:George Carlin

“I told myself no matter what she did i would not let the b**** take me down”

Matter No Matter What Take Me

Author:Dave Pelzer

“Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.”

Lying Anticipation Greatest Fear Our Greatest Fear

Author:Honore de Balzac

“Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort.”

Art Effort Art Of Loving

Book:THE ART OF LOVING

Source: THE ART OF LOVING

“The living deserve attention, too”

Attention Deserve

Book:The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic

Source: The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic

“Last night it had been my father who had finally said it: "She’s never coming home." A clear and easy piece of truth that everyone who had ever known me had accepted. But he needed to say it, and she needed to hear him say it.”

Said Home Lasts Night Father Easy Known Clear Pieces Needed Accepted Coming Home Last Night

Author:Alice Sebold

“At the tips of the feathers there is air and at their base: blood. I hold up bones; I wish like broken glass they could court light....still I try to place these pieces back together, to set them firm, to make murdered girls live again.”

Trying Stills Light Together Girl Wish Pieces Air Blood Broken Court Glasses Bones Firm Feathers Back Together Broken Glass

Book:The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic

Source: The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic

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