"Writing is nothing less than thought transference, the ability to send one's ideas out into the world, beyond time and distance, taken at the value of the words, unbound from the speaker."

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“You can't make cheese from rats. … It's hard enough just milking the little beggars.”

“Don't cook that chicken - it still has feathers.”

“I said I'd make ye a man, Jim - but damme if ye didn't go and do it behind my back when I were watching elsewhere.”

“Just because you’re living in blissful oblivion doesn’t mean you’re not responsible.”

“People who are intolerant, categorize and over-react... should all be dragged against a wall and shot.”

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