“Despite what they say, the clothes do not make the man. They merely determine the set of assumptions others make about the man.”
― quote from What Would Satan Do?
“When all else fails—or pretty much whenever you have time—get tacos.”
― quote from What Would Satan Do?
“It wasn’t that he cared particularly for the world. Except for Lamborghinis. And Star Wars—well, Darth Vader anyway. And ice cream.”
― quote from What Would Satan Do?
“Oh, God!” said one student. The Devil’s head snapped up. “Where?” “I”
― quote from What Would Satan Do?
“At this point, the narrative will turn its focus elsewhere in the interest of providing Liam and Anna with a bit of privacy. Should the reader feel disappointment at the lack of description of turgidity, chiseled bits of anatomy, or things that are pulsing or quivering, well, this just isn’t that kind of story. Sorry.”
― quote from What Would Satan Do?
“He’d start things up, have a bit of fun, and then, in the end, have his ass handed to him by that Great Big Dick in the Sky. ”
― quote from What Would Satan Do?
“It is amazing what women in love will do”
― quote from The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night
“Power. There was power in being able to control how others reacted to you.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Queen's Poisoner
“I abandoned the plan to make millions from the spell when I realised that people would finally realise their cats are selfish little bastards who only care about themselves. There would have been mass feline abandonment if they heard what their pets really have to say.”
― Helen Harper, quote from Slouch Witch
“At that time my notions of nuclear power were utterly idyllic. At school and at the university we'd been taught that this was a magical factory that made "energy out of nothing," where people in white robes sat and pushed buttons. Chernobyl blew up when we weren't prepared.”
― Svetlana Alexievich, quote from Voces de Chernóbil: Crónica del futuro
“This shriveled conception of democracy has solid roots. The founding fathers were much concerned about the hazards of democracy. In the debates of the Constitutional Convention, the main framer, James Madison, warned of these hazards. Naturally taking England as his model, he observed that “in England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of landed proprietors would be insecure. An agrarian law would soon take place,” undermining the right to property. To ward off such injustice, “our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation,” arranging voting patterns and checks and balances so as “to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority,” a prime task of decent government.19”
― Noam Chomsky, quote from What Kind of Creatures Are We?
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