6 Quotes by Susan Hubbard

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    Would you agree," he said, "that man's sole duty is to produce as much pleasure as possible?""Only if the pleasure produced is equivalent to the diminution of pain." My father crossed his arms. "And only if one man's pleasure is as important as any other's.

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    What about stakes in the heart?" I asked now. He frowned, the center of his mouth pursed while its corners curled downward. "Anyone will die from a stake in the heart," he said. "And anyone will die if they're severely burned, including vampires.

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    He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed animals -- weary of their cages, which were never large enough to begin with -- and they responded sluggishly to the whip. The trapeze artists fell with monotonous regularity into poorly strung nets. The clowns looked hungry. The tent leaked. The crowd was inattentive, shouting incoherently at inappropriate moments. And when the show was over, no one cheered.

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    Dia membayangkan dirinya dipintal oleh 'Sang Waktu, Pemintal paling hebat dan paling lama dari semuanya', tapi mengakui bahwa,'tempat pemintalannya adalah tempat rahasia, pekerjaannya tak bersuara dan Tangan-Tangan Sang Waktu diredam.

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