The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.', Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God, 2000', Canadian science fiction writer (1960 - )
It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.', Oscar Wilde', Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. , Arthur Goldberg', US lawyer (1908 - 1990)
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.', Trevanian from the novel Shibumi',
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOE
Unbearably lovely music is heard as the curtain rises, and we see the woods on a summer afternoon. A fawn dances on and nibbles slowly at some leaves. He drifts lazily through the soft foliage. Soon he starts coughing and drops dead.', Woody Allen, Without Feathers', US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )