Vice may triumph for a time, crime may flaunt its victories in the face of honest toilers, but … - Allan Pinkerton

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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.

Allan Pinkerton

Vice may triumph for a time, crime may flaunt its victories in the face of honest toilers, but in the end the law will follow the wrong-doer to a bitter fate, and dishonor and punishment will be the portion of those who sin.

Dishonor, Face, Fate, Law, Portion, Punishment

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. . . it is true that language and forward movement in the cinema are jolly hard to reconcile. It's a very, very, difficult thing to do. . . . There is still a place in the cinema for movies that are driven by the human face, and not by explosions and cars and guns and action sequences. . . there's such a thing as action and speed within thought rather than within a ceaseless milkshake of images.

Car, Difficult, Driven, Faces, Gun, Language

R.L. LaFevers

For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of the sun, its warmth and light reaching into every corner of my soul and chasing away the shadows. I surrender to that kiss - surrender to the strength and the courage and the sheer goodness of the man.

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Patti Smith

Much has been said about Robert, and more will be added. Young men will adopt his gait. Young girls will wear white dresses and mourn his curls. He will be condemned and adored. His excesses damned or romanticized. In the end, truth will be found in his work, the corporeal body of the artist. It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to him.

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Neil Gaiman

Whatever's happening," she said, eventually, "it can all be sorted out. " She saw the expression on my face then, worried. Scared even. And she said, "After pancakes.

Expression, Face, Faces, Pancakes, Sorted

A. E. Housman