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Writing is a holy chore.


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You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.



The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.



Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.

Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.



I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.



K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.



In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.

In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.



The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.

The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.



You must never be afraid to go there.

You must never be afraid to go there.



They minute people fall in love they become liars.

They minute people fall in love they become liars.



Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?

Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?





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God’s sovereign will is not at the whim and mercy of our person and individual responses to it.

God’s sovereign will is not at the whim and mercy of our person and individual responses to it.




It is hard to earn the respect of others when you do not respect yourself. Others may find it difficult to enjoy your company if you do not enjoy your own.

It is hard to earn the respect of others when you do not respect yourself. Others may find it difficult to enjoy your company if you do not enjoy your own.



There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things.

There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things.



Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.



Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which will certainly grow up to eternal life.

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which will certainly grow up to eternal life.



Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.

Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.



I'm such a goody two-shoes, I've never stolen a single thing. I would not be able to handle it. I would not be able to live with the guilt of having stolen something.

I'm such a goody two-shoes, I've never stolen a single thing. I would not be able to handle it. I would not be able to live with the guilt of having stolen something.



I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and maternal, there to blend with her living elements.

I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and maternal, there to blend with her living elements.



The facts of another's life do not illumine. Only when we know the heart can we know that life. Only the feeling that made the days can light them.

The facts of another's life do not illumine. Only when we know the heart can we know that life. Only the feeling that made the days can light them.




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