"The trouble with sharing too many beds was that one's chance of running into a really bad situation was improved almost to certainty."

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“We learn only to ask more questions.”

“3) Stories to end all stories on a given topic, don't.”

“The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.”

“I had to grin. Morris was shocked and horrified. I'd shown him a brand new sin.”

“Sex was a game nobody lost.”

“Anyone who says human nature can't be changed is out of his head. To make it stick, he's got to define human nature—and he can't.”

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"Looking back now, it's easy to see that I had no models for the socially accepted conventional female role, which was certainly a blessing."

— Jane Roberts

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#friendship

"Our country's really in bad, big trouble. We have a lot of trouble. A lot of problems. And one of the big problems, I talk about, divisiveness. I think that a lot of people will appreciate … I'm not d…"

— Donald Trump

Politics1945

#philosophy

"I was not enthusiastic about the last Gulf war. Of course, it goes without saying, I rooted for our team once the shooting started. But I wasn't for that war. I was also against sending Americans to t…"

— Ann Coulter

Literature1961

#truth