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1 " Great,' I said. 'Visit exotic Australia. Get bitten by an exotic snake. Die exotically. "
― Steven Gould , Jumpers (Jumper #1-2.5)
2 " Boom. I jumped. "
3 " always targets the innocent. "
4 " I couldn’t stop then. Between the sobs I kept saying, over and over again, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” “Shhhh. It’s okay to cry. It’s okay.” And she rocked me and rocked me. But while she was saying it was okay, I could hear my Dad’s voice, Crybaby, crybaby. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. I’ll give you something to cry about. And I couldn’t help saying, “I’m sorry.” Still, the tears and sobs went on and on. "
5 " The first thing I want to make clear is that this violence, this terrorism, is not cultural. It isn’t integral either to Arab or Muslim culture. I’ve done too many briefings for senators and congressmen who think that all ‘towelheads’ carry a pistol and a grenade. If you can’t see beyond this stereotype, then we might as well stop now. "
6 " Money doesn’t solve all problems, I thought. It just makes new ones. "
7 " There’s nothing like a good cup of tea. "
8 " Operant conditioning. A reflexive response. "
9 " Stay away from the government. "
10 " I’d always suspected that the Bill of Rights occasionally had a “liberal” interpretation. "
11 " What’s the big deal—you’ve read it, haven’t you?” Then he’d take them down to the used-book store and sell them for peanuts. He never got anything close to what they were worth. He didn’t like them cluttering up the house, or even my room. They weren’t going to get my books. "
