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Erik Larson Quotes: . . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.
         

. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.


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His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries.

His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries.



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I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.



Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere.

Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere.



I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me.

I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me.



It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history.

It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history.



Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead.

Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead.



I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold.

I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold.



Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world

Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world



Leaves hung in the stillness like hands of the newly dead.

Leaves hung in the stillness like hands of the newly dead.



I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.





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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.



Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them - or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything?

Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them - or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything?



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He who is able to lift heavy weights is strong



If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.

If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.



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I'm trying to grow older with wisdom.



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Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows.



Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and that someday I would arrive at it.

Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and that someday I would arrive at it.



Compromise is necessary so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.

Compromise is necessary so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.



I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.



Utopias have their value -- nothing so wonderfully expands the imaginative horizons of human potentialities -- but as guides to conduct they can prove literally fatal.

Utopias have their value -- nothing so wonderfully expands the imaginative horizons of human potentialities -- but as guides to conduct they can prove literally fatal.




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This page presents the quote ". . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.". Author of this quote is Erik Larson. This quote is about time, sorrow, engaging, impossible, men,.