#stern

Maureen clapped her hands together. "Oh," she said in her elfin little voice. "It's pretty." "Pretty?" Simon looked quickly at the hunched shape on top of the concrete block. "Maureen, what the hell- ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#sebastian-morgenstern #simon-lewis #city-of-fallen-angels

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#be true #been #capitalism #democratic #economy

I tend to score with songs from Western pop music. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#music #pop #pop music #score #songs

The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#i #only #oppose #orthodox #priests

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. ↗

— John Burroughs

#civilization #development #did #done #eighteen

If you want to send a message, try Western Union. ↗

— Frank Capra

#send #try #union #want #western

The Western genre is certainly something with which I'm familiar. ↗

— Keith Carradine

#familiar #genre #i #something #western

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price. ↗

— John le Carre

#any #certainly #committed #democracy #find

Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#gay #human #invention #reality #western

Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset. ↗

— Lee Child

#days #into #mysterious #off #over