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1 " My breath is halted, like grasping for air after crying far too long and hard. It is like a hiccup, with a shivering sharpness of nerves. It is like icicles running down your spine or aluminum in your mouth, an eerie amount of emotions that cannot compare to the actual feelings you’ve managed to live through. I just watched you die, I say to myself silently. "
― Joseph McGinnis , This Shadow Follows Me
2 " The first requirement of a sound body of law is, that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community, whether right or wrong. "
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , The Common Law