Orts #896
Government should enact laws to "reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise extreme indigence toward a state of comfort.”
— James Madison, National Gazette, 1791
Life is about adjusting to loss.
— a college professor quoted by Frank Bruni:
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— Mrs Which, in A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.
— Ramsay Bolton, a character in Game of Thrones
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the effects of marijuana on lobsters
https://nyti.ms/2QksMdd
and of ecstasy (MDMA) on octopuses
https://bit.ly/2OY2Zas