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• Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.
• and before I knew what I was doing, I had kicked the typewriter and threw it around the room and made it beg for mercy.
  At this point the typewriter pleaded for me to dress him in feminine attire but instead I pressed his margin release over and over again until the typewriter lost consciousness....
• If I only had something to do with my life!?!
• For my part, I had rather be the first man among these fellows than the second man in Rome.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Caesa...
• There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed.
  Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain....
• I managed to say, "Sorry," and no more. I knew that he disliked me to cry.
  This time he said, watching me, "On some occasions it is better to weep....
• There once was a king who ruled his country long, wisely, and well.
  The king had a son whom he hoped would someday rule the land....
• There once was a king who ruled his country long, wisely, and well.
  The king had a son whom he hoped would someday rule the land....
• I knew I had some reason for not killing you...Now what was it?