Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
We The Living (1936)
Source: We The Living Part One Chapter 6
Source: Uncommon Criminals
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
We The Living (1936)
Source: We The Living Part One Chapter 6
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
"Suzanne" - Isle of Wight performance (1970) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_56ep729TE - Live in London (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snMOmHzgssk <br class="br">Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) <br class="br">Context: Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river.<br>You can hear the boats go by,<br>You can spend the night beside her,<br>And you know that she's half crazy<br>But that's why you want to be there,<br>And she feeds you tea and oranges<br>That come all the way from China.<br>And just when you mean to tell her<br>That you have no love to give her<br>Then she gets you on her wavelength<br>And she lets the river answer<br>That you've always been her lover.<br>And you want to travel with her,<br>And you want to travel blind,<br>And you know that she will trust you,<br>For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
Robyn Carr American writer
Source: Promise Canyon
“I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.”
George Marshall (1880–1959) US military leader, Army Chief of Staff
To his staffers, as quoted in General of the Army : George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman (1991) by Ed Cray, p. 591
“I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
Source: City of Ashes
Ally Carter (1974) American writer
Source: Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story