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“To deny humanity the lesson of consequences would be a mistake.
And I do not make mistakes.”
― Thunderhead
And I do not make mistakes.”
― Thunderhead

“Oh lovers! be careful in those dangerous first days! once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal.”
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
“One thing that I find very weird here in Australia is Latvians in Australia celebrate Latvian traditions by a calendar, not by the seasons as they do in Latvia. It’s a bit strange for me, everyone said a few weeks ago, ‘Merry Christmas,’ in Latvian, or maybe Winterfest, and here I was sweating like a pig saying, ‘Merry Winterfest!’ – Viktor Brenners, 2nd Generation DP”
― Suffering, Redemption and Triumph: The first wave of post-war Australian immigrants 1945-66
― Suffering, Redemption and Triumph: The first wave of post-war Australian immigrants 1945-66
“Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and the contract and the agreement between us and Heaven has been settled and accomplished. It’s time to put the devil to flight and make these demons tremble and pay the price.”
― Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms
― Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

“It strikes me that the power or capability of a man in getting rich is in inverse proportion to his reflective powers and in direct proportion to his impudence.”
― An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles: Campfire Conversations with Alfred Russell Wallace
― An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles: Campfire Conversations with Alfred Russell Wallace
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