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Mary Doria Russell Quotes

John Henry Holliday didn’t have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves Picture Quote #1

When we were 15, my girlfriend Ruth Kaplan and I applied to the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. We were accepted into a program that placed us with a lovely Mexican family. We lived with them for six weeks while studying Spanish poetry and Mexican anthropology Picture Quote #1

The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate Picture Quote #1

I had a doctorate in biological anthropology. I got a post-doc at CWRU dental school in 1983 teaching gross anatomy Picture Quote #1

I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently Picture Quote #1

Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I’m presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money Picture Quote #1

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I believe in God the way I believe in quarks. People whose business it is to know about quantum physics or religion tell me they have good reason to believe that quarks and God exist. And they tell me that if I wanted to devote my life to learning what they’ve learned, I’d find quarks and God just like they did Picture Quote #1

The sparrow still falls Picture Quote #1

How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking? Picture Quote #1

Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief Picture Quote #1

Tradition was safety; change was danger Picture Quote #1

The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it Picture Quote #1

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When it comes down to it, I don’t have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who’s selling fear Picture Quote #1

Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next Picture Quote #1

In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically Picture Quote #1

... I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret for past tense, and songs of love for present tense Picture Quote #1

The trouble with illusions is that you aren’t aware you have any until they are taken away from you Picture Quote #1

You know what’s the most terrifying thing about admitting that you’re in love? You’re just naked. You put yourself in harm’s way and you lay down all your defences. No clothes, no weapons. Nowhere to hide, completely vulnerable. The only thing that makes it tolerable is to believe the other person loves you back and you can trust him not to hurt you Picture Quote #1

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Watching him with one eye, she wondered if men ever figured out that they were more appealing when they were pursuing their own work than when they were pursuing a woman Picture Quote #1

The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren’t paying for any superfluous leg Picture Quote #1

When the preponderance of human beings choose to act with justice and generosity and kindness, then learning and love and decency prevail. When the preponderance of human beings choose power, greed, and indifference to suffering, the world is filled with war, poverty, and cruelty Picture Quote #1

Shall I tell you why young men love war?... In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war, there is only one question with one right answer... Going to war makes you a man. It is emotionally exciting and morally restful Picture Quote #1

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John Henry Holliday didn’t have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves. (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) When we were 15, my girlfriend Ruth Kaplan and I applied to the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. We were accepted into a program that placed us with a lovely Mexican family. We lived with them for six weeks while studying Spanish poetry and Mexican anthropology. (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate. (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) I had a doctorate in biological anthropology. I got a post-doc at CWRU dental school in 1983 teaching gross anatomy (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I’m presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) I believe in God the way I believe in quarks. People whose business it is to know about quantum physics or religion tell me they have good reason to believe that quarks and God exist. And they tell me that if I wanted to devote my life to learning what they’ve learned, I’d find quarks and God just like they did (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) The sparrow still falls (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking? (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) Tradition was safety; change was danger (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) When it comes down to it, I don’t have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who’s selling fear (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) ... I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret for past tense, and songs of love for present tense (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) The trouble with illusions is that you aren’t aware you have any until they are taken away from you (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) You know what’s the most terrifying thing about admitting that you’re in love? You’re just naked. You put yourself in harm’s way and you lay down all your defences. No clothes, no weapons. Nowhere to hide, completely vulnerable. The only thing that makes it tolerable is to believe the other person loves you back and you can trust him not to hurt you (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) Watching him with one eye, she wondered if men ever figured out that they were more appealing when they were pursuing their own work than when they were pursuing a woman (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren’t paying for any superfluous leg (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) When the preponderance of human beings choose to act with justice and generosity and kindness, then learning and love and decency prevail. When the preponderance of human beings choose power, greed, and indifference to suffering, the world is filled with war, poverty, and cruelty (Mary Doria Russell Quotes) Shall I tell you why young men love war?... In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war, there is only one question with one right answer... Going to war makes you a man. It is emotionally exciting and morally restful (Mary Doria Russell Quotes)