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“After man there would be the mighty beetle civilisation, the bodies of whose members the cream of the Great Race would seize when the monstrous doom overtook the elder world. Later, as the earth's span closed, the transferred minds would again migrate through time and space -- to another stopping place in the bodies of the bulbous vegetable entities of Mercury. But there would be races after them, clinging pathetically to the cold planet and burrowing to its horror-filled core, before the utter end.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Illustrated)

“It would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of today of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him cold, or rather, would flatter him. Immoralism has become a commonplace, and anybody and everybody boasts of practising it.”

Men Would Be Moral Pieces He Man Cold Code Boast Commonplace Accusation Moral Code

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs of the industrial system.”

Needs War Would Be Cold Conflict Weapons Commitment Competition Following Release Cold War Reduction Drastic

Book:the new industrial state

Source: the new industrial state

“In general I saw my job as the first president whose full term would be served after the Cold War in a global information society where we were interdependent but not integrated. And therefore, we were vulnerable to the worst, and able to seize the best, of what's going on in the world.”

World Firsts War Would Be Able Jobs President Term Saws Worst Information Cold Vulnerable Cold War Integrated Information Society

Author:William J. Clinton

“Passion, intellect, moral activity - these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they cannot be satisfied. To say more on this subject would be to enter into the whole history of society, of the present state of civilisation.”

States Whole Would Be Passion Three Moral Subjects Cold Activity Intellect Satisfied Atmosphere Conventional Civilisation

Book:Cassandra and Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale

Source: Cassandra and Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale

“If I were to choose one single thing that that would restore Paris to the senses, it would be that strangely sweet, unhealthy smell of the Métro, so very unlike the dank cold or the stuffy heat of subways in New York.”

Ifs Would Be New York Sweet Cold Smell Senses Paris Heat Unhealthy Subway Dank

Author:May Sarton

“without fiction, either life would be insufficient or the winds from the north would blow too cold.”

Book Would Be Fiction Wind Cold Blow Insufficient

Book:Collected Impressions

Source: Collected Impressions

“The most cost-effective move we could make in defense spending would be to shift the focus of CIA operations, giving this agency the directive to make trouble for the Soviet Union.”

Giving War Would Be Moving Focus Trouble Cold Cost Unions Spending Defense Operations Agency Soviet Cold War Soviet Union Cia Defense Spending

Author:John P. Wheeler III

“Believe me, it would be a long, long, cold day before I decide to warm up next to Rupert Murdoch.”

Believe Long Would Be Next Cold Warm Believe In Me Cold Days

Author:Irwin Winkler

“If a drink was ice cold, it would be impossible to drink. Because it would be solid. Here's a drink, Mitch - it's ice cold. I guess I could lick it.”

Ifs Humor Would Be Funny Impossible Cold Drink Ice

Author:Mitch Hedberg

“As you've progress further in the Playoffs, the ice usually gets a little softer. It's tough to keep it that cold. We could make it hard, but it would be about 4 degrees in the building. I'm sure the fans wouldn't appreciate that very much, wearing parkas in June.”

Littles Hard Would Be Progress Fans Building Cold Degrees Tough Appreciate Ice June Playoffs

Author:Chris Pronger

“The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives - all that was over.”

Source: H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Modern Utopia, A Short History of the World, What Is Coming, The Story of the Last Trump…

“When the whole discussion of "developing a national idea" hastily began in post-Soviet Russia, I tried to pour cold water on it with the objection that, after all the devastating losses we had experienced, it would be quite sufficient to have just one task: the preservation of a dying people.”

“If there were 'intelligence flu', there would be so many people walking around in the damn cold weather, hoping to be contaminated by that flu!”

People Ifs Would Be Cold Walking Weather Damn Flu Cold Weather

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I've never been to the Oscars, but if I was ever invited to the Oscars, I would have this weird paranoia of terrorism. It just feels like The Poseidon Adventure, everyone in their tuxes. Somehow, I feel like the whole time I would be looking for where the nearest exit was, and in a cold sweat about some kind of man-made disaster, like a terrorist strike or something. It seems like such a scary, claustrophobic proposition.”

Ifs Men Feels Kind Made Whole Seems Would Be Adventure Cold Scary Terrorism Strikes Disaster Terrorist Sweat Oscars Propositions Invited Exit Paranoia Poseidon

Author:Mike White

“(On The International Criminal Court) "For the victors of the Cold War to submit to an unelected, unaccountable, and almost certainly hostile body such as that envisaged would be the ultimate irony."”

War Body Would Be Cold Ultimate Court International Criminals Irony Submit Cold War Hostile

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“After the end of the cold war, everybody thought, fantastic, finally the UN may be able to do what it was originally set up to do without big power divisions. It would be easy to get them to come together to resolve things. You will recall, on the first Gulf war, you almost got a unanimous resolution and a very solid coalition.”

Firsts May War Ends Bigs Would Be Able Together Easy Cold Fantastic Resolve Resolution Division Recalls Cold War Coalitions Easy To Get Gulf War

Author:Kofi Annan

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

“As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.”

Would Be Felt Space Conditions Planets Materials Cold Scene Advantage Independent Warm Atmosphere Emptiness Dense Containing

Author:John Desmond Bernal

“If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.”

People Ifs Looks Country Would Be Wanted Numbers Cold India Sight Hot Snow Indian Exotic Kashmir

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Some may say that such a girl is not ready for a relationship with a man, especially a man in his late sixties. But to that I say: We don't know anything. We don't know how to cure a cold or what dogs are thinking. We do terrible things, we make wars, we kill people out of greed. So who are we to say how to love. I wouldn't force her. I wouldn't have to. She would want me. We would be in love. What do you know. You don't know anything. Call me when you've cured AIDS, give me a ring then and I'll listen.”

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

“And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up.”

Dream Would Be Dark Fire Cold Somewhere Out There

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“She thought of what it would be like to grow up without the one certainty that every baby deseved - when I'm hurt or cold or scared, someone will come and care for me - and how that absence could warp you so that you'd lash out at the people you loved, driving them away when all you wanted to do was pull them closer.”

People Would Be Care Wanted Grows Hurt Growing Up Baby Cold Scared Absence Driving Certainty Lashes Warp

Book:Little Earthquakes

Source: Little Earthquakes

“To deny that there was this dark side of life would be like pretending that the cold of winter was somehow only a temporary illusion, a way station on the way to the higher "reality" of long, warm, pleasant summers. But summer, it turned out, was no more real than the snow that melted in wintertime.”

Way Life Long Real Reality Would Be Sides Dark Cold Higher Summer Illusion Winter Deny Warm Snow Pleasant Stations Temporary Pretending Dark Side Wintertime

Book:Snow Falling on Cedars

Source: Snow Falling on Cedars

“Seems like the cold would never go away and winter would be like the bottom of my feet but then it is gone in one night and in its place comes the sun so large and laughable.”

Seems Would Be Night Sun Gone Feet Cold Bottom Winter Going Away One Night Laughable

Book:The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Source: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

“And I thought, eight years ago, when I began carefully charting the progress of American Gods, nervously dipping my toes into the waters of blogging, would I have imagined a future in which, instead of recording the vicissitudes of bringing a book into the world, I would be writing about not-even-interestingly missing cups of cold camomile tea? And I thought, yup. Sounds about right. Happy Eighth birthday, blog.”

World Writing Years Book Would Be Sound Water Progress Missing Cold Years Ago Eight Cups Tea Toes Blogs Blogging Vicissitudes American Gods Charting

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Only one thing bothered me: at this very moment, as they say, of inexplicable bliss there would be a sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach and my abdomen would be assailed by a melancholy, cold shivering. In the end I couldn't abide such happiness and ran away.”

Ends Moments Feelings Would Be One Thing Cold Ran Bliss Melancholy Stomach Pits Bothered Sinking Inexplicable Abdomen Sinking Feeling

Author:Ivan Turgenev

“You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of deep outer space, the incredible cold and quiet where your wife and kid wait. Silence, not heaven, would be reward enough.”

Thinking Enough Would Be Kids Heaven Waiting Space Silence Wife Cold Quiet Rewards Incredibles Noise Golden Exception Outer Space

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“For the record, this isn’t a male/female thing. It’s a people thing. You talk about men being cold...you should see women from my standpoint. We’re talking the Arctic tundra would be warmer. Believe me, you don’t want to know my vantage point on your gender. As a man, if I grabbed your breasts, I’d be arrested. Any idea how many women have felt free to grab my crotch at will? (Acheron)”

People Ifs Knows Men Want Should Believe Ideas Would Be Felt Talking Records Cold Female Males Gender Breasts Believe In Me Arrested Standpoint Arctic Vantage Point Male Female

Book:Devil May Cry

Source: Devil May Cry

“In the land of badass, you’ve just been trumped. If Dark-Hunters had inmates, these would be they. Known as the Dogs of War because that’s what they thrive on, they’re cold-blooded and intolerant. Congratulations, bud, these are your new protectors. (Acheron)”

Ifs War Would Be Dark Known Land Dog Cold Thrive Hunters Congratulations Badass Bud Protector Inmates Cold Blooded Dark Hunter Dogs Of War

Book:Dream Warrior

Source: Dream Warrior

“Egypt is the First Nome. New York is the twenty-first. What’s the last one, the Three-hundred-and-sixtieth?” “That would be Antarctica,” Zia said. “A punishment assignment. Nothing there but a couple of cold magicians and some magic penguins.” “Magic penguins?” “Don’t ask.”

Firsts Said Would Be Lasts Three Asks Magic New York Cold Couple Hundred Twenties Punishment Egypt Magician Assignments Penguins Antarctica

Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

“In sunshine, in prosperity, the flowers are very well; but how many wet days are there in life—November seasons of disaster, when a man's hearth and home would be cold indeed, without the clear, cheering gleam of intellect.”

Men Wells Home Would Be Clear Flower Cold Seasons Prosperity Intellect Disaster Sunshine Cheer Wet November Gleam

Book:Shirley and The Professor

Source: Shirley and The Professor

“Not a single thought managed to take shape in her mind: for the likeness of this day to the last seemed to her the clearest proof that it would be another quite useless day, a day she would gladly have done without. For a moment she thought that a day like this would be pointless for anyone on earth, then abruptly changed her mind as she realised that thousands of women, after a hard week's work, or a family quarrel, or even just after catching a cold, would envy her just for having the leisure to rest in comfort.”

Mind Hard Done Moments Would Be Earth Lasts Week Changed Cold Comfort Shapes Envy Proof Useless This Day Leisure Quarrels Catching Realised Pointless Days Like This Family Quarrel

Author:Ismail Kadaré

“She had taken to wondering lately, during these swift-counted years, what had been done with all those wasted summer days; how could she have spent them so wantonly? I am foolish, she told herself early every summer, I am very foolish; I am grown up now and know the values of things. Nothing is ever really wasted, she believed sensibly, even one's childhood, and then each year, one summer morning, the warm wind would come down the city street where she walked and she would be touched with the little cold thought: I have let more time go by.”

Source: The Haunting of Hill House