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“Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.”

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“This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.”

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“I thought I’d been getting along fine with the weekend visits and occasional summer sleepovers, but suddenly I was aware of all I’d missed, the little intimate everyday things that amounted to a real relationship. I remembered Dad tucking me in at night when I was little, sitting next to me on the couch watching TV, taking me to the…

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Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned.

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Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.

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The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

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