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If we burn our wings
          Flying too close to the sun
          If the moment of glory
          Is over before it’s begun
          - NP -

If you take away what a person owns, you control what that person can do.
          - CK -

To every man upon this earth
          Death cometh soon or late.
          And how can man die better
          Than facing fearful odds,
          For the ashes of his fathers,
          And the temples of his gods,
          - TBM -

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
          - TP -

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.
          - WS -

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
          - RPF -

I’m starting to spin out my latest book ‘Thirty Days of Lolly’. 
          
          I wake to find myself in a perfect bedroom in a house which is much more luxurious than anything I have ever known. The only resident is a mysterious yet intriguing artist who appears to be fascinated by my body as a work of art. He starts to teach me things, all sorts of things, about the world and about myself. Then, as our relationship deepens, it turns out that he has quite astonishing plans for me. By the time he sends me home, after only thirty days, he has transformed me into so much more than I ever dreamt I might be.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
          - JRRT -

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close. 
          - TP -

You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a womanl tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.
          - SA -