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Sometimes, the shortest path between two points is serpentine.

Christopher Benfey (2012). “Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival”, p.21, Penguin

We need to focus our attention on Iran, because if you miss Iran, you are not going to get ISIS. The two are inextricably connected because one causes the other.

"5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

May be the truth is, that one pipe is wholesome, two pipes toothsome, three pipes noisome, four pipes fulsome, five pipes quarrelsome; and that's the some on't.

Charles Lamb (1848). “Final memorials of Charles Lamb, letters [ed.] with sketches of some of his companions by T.N. Talfourd”, p.135

We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.

Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.146, Transaction Publishers

Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.276, Transaction Publishers