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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idioc

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce

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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. – Ambrose Bierce

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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that. – Kathleen Turner

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In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but were now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals. – David Mitchell

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Live your life and forget your age. – Jean Paul

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What this country needs is radicals who will stay that way regardless of the creeping years. – John Fischer

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