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As Bob Dylan forgot to say, "To live outside the law, you must be lucky."

— Spider Robinson Callahan's Key (2000)

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Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.

If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.

God is an Iron (1977)

Terror leaves you when you despair; once you let yourself hope again it returns redoubled.

Callahan's Lady (1989)

As the poet tells us: once a king, always a king—but once a night is often sufficient.

Callahan's Lady (1989)

Don’t waste time blaming the bull if you can’t make it moo.

Callahan's Lady (1989)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

If the church ... does not make God's liberation of the oppressed central in its mission and proclamation, how can it rest easy with a condemned criminal as the dominant symbol of its message?

James H. Cone Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1986)

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Muhammad

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

Cary Grant Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)

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