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“William III died childless in 1702, in a fall when his horse stumbled over a molehill, an obstacle that seems as if it should have some philosophical significance but, as far as can be seen, does not.”

Book:The First Salute : View of the American Revolution

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“I was one of the privileged majority who would be leading troops in combat in just a month, and I felt a keen sense of irony when the lance corporal/clerk who processed my orders turned out to be one of the officer candidates who had flunked out of my OCS class. His reward for failure would be a safe stateside tour of duty behind a typewriter, and although I would not have traded places with him for anything, he was living proof of the Marine Corps axiom that the shitbirds get the easy assignments.”

Anti War Quotes Irony Of Fate

Book:Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet

Source: Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet

“Not many people can imagine a president of the Parlement of Aix—it is a species of beast of which people have often spoken without knowing it well: strict and unbending by profession, and pernickety, credulous, stubborn, vain, cowardly, garrulous and stupid by character; with a beaky little face, rolling his 'r's like a Punchinello, commonly as thin as a rake, lanky and skinny and stinking like a corpse...”

Magistrate

Book:Betrayal

Source: Betrayal

“If we punished only the crimes we could prove, we would not enjoy the pleasure of dragging our fellow human beings to the scaffold so much as four times a century, and that is the only thing that makes us respected.”

Crimes Magistrate

Book:Betrayal

Source: Betrayal

“I met two or three men who were very kind to me. There was a magistrate who couldn't stand priests, and a priest who didn't have a good word to say for magistrates; and there was a landlord who let furnished rooms by the hour and spoke highly of both priests and magistrates, because both were his best clients.”

Hypocrisy Bigotry Priest Magistrate

Book:Cocaine

Source: Cocaine

“Kenny, when's the last time you had a physical," Roddy asks. "What're you...the designated driver of my life?" "Mad Dog House”

Argument Friction Between Partners

Author:Mark Rubinstein

“Pretty's just a pretty word.”

Inspirational Lyrics Little Mix We Are Who We Are

Author:Little Mix

“Nerd Girl Problem # 235 That unexplainable crush you have on fictional characters.”

Exquisite Ella Frank Lena O Donnell Mason Langley

Book:Exquisite

Source: Exquisite

“Some of her last words to me, Mason, were 'I believe in fate and I believe you were supposed to walk into my life, so Mason could walk into yours.” I know she can’t be wrong.”

Exquisite Ella Frank Lena O Donnell Mason Langley

Book:Exquisite

Source: Exquisite

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