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"I always take credit for my acts of cruelty. To do otherwise is cowardice."
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"It's difficult to accept full responsibility and apportion blame at the same time " you have to choose one."

"We often blame our government for their lack of responsibility, socially and politically. We forget that that is only a result of the societal irresponsibility in general."

"Since when has irresponsibility and lack of accountability in public service become a Nigerian factor?"

"The reaction of whatever you do will continue punishing you (hold you accountable). I do not have to come to punish you, says God."

"Responsibility n: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God Fate Fortune Luck or one's neighbour. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star."

"You are responsible for your calling and you must give account."

"All of us will give an account to God about our life on earth, about our position and actions."

"The truth is that if you do not join the way of godliness, then you do not have any reason to complain when the ungodly are busy planning and making the pathway of ungodliness."

"If you remember your past too well you start blaming your present for it. Look what they did to me, that's what caused me to be like this, it's not my fault. Permit me to correct you: it probably is your fault. And kindly spare me the details."

"Until the police internal affairs system starts prosecuting and firing a substantial number of corrupt and incompetent police officers, I will not be lighting it up blue!"
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"I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No- the soul of a man."

"Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?"

"Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this."Nice socks."Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are better than none."

"One thing yo learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light."

"Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power."

"Lethargy. It's a word I know, because it's in one of my father's favorite expressions. Lethargy breeds lethargy. It means the more you lie around doing nothing, the more you want to lie around doing nothing. Your limbs and your mind feel so heavy that it becomes a major effort just to lift your arm to channel surf."

"I can't destroy things so beautiful.""Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something."

"We're roughage," Tyger said. "If we don't cause a little intestinal distress, no one knows we're there."
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