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“Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father's house into another that is fair and large, lightsome and glorious, and divinely entertaining.”
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 178, 1895.
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“I always thought the name of Utah’s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word “desert.†But no, Deseret is the “land of the honeybee,†according to the Book of Mormon. I guess I should have figured they would have caught a typo in the masthead after 154 years.”
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
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“One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.”
Source : Christopher Morley (1920). “Hide and Seek”
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“If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.”
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“I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.”
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“There's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung around saloons and used rough language. Now they've all been replaced with these effete Ivy League elitists who swarm over the current media. Nerds - utterly dull and insipid.”
Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 4, 2015. 
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“Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time.”
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“I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.”
Source : Deanna Raybourn (2009). “The Lady Julia Grey Bundle: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.867, MIRA
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“I wouldn't have been sent back to help you," Tristan continued. "I wouldn't have been made an angel if it weren't important that you live, Ivy. I want you to be mine" -Ivy could hear the pain in his voice- "but you're not." "I am!" she cried out loud. "We're on different sides of a river," he said, "and it's a river that neither of us can cross. You were meant for somebody else.”
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“ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country.”
Source : Evan Wright (2005). “Generation Kill”, p.23, Penguin
