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Because widespread participation is so central to popular sovereignty, we can say that the less political participation there is in a society, the weaker the democracy.

The Struggle for Democracy

Whenever you get an appetite, you feed yourself. Therefore, fill your belly on wisdom of things old and new. Only swallow the truth, less you choke on the lies.

Sweet Destiny

You rich people are all the same. You couldn't care less about the other half of the world. They can all starve to death for all you care!

Summer Fire

Peter to Austin: "Hard-ons don't make you think less. They make you think stupid. Which makes me think you must have one 24/7.

Shattered Glass

The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god).

Small Gods

‎"The less random stuff you hear about, the more room in your ears for music, that's what I always say" -Paisley

The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers

No, sir. I make it a rule of mine: The more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Specters feast as vampires feast on blood, but the Specters’ food is attention. A conscious and informed interest in the world. The immaturity of children is less attractive to them.

The Subtle Knife

I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.

Murder on the Orient Express

The closer and more completely you can come to explaining what a work of art means, the less like art it seems.

The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia

No one could possibly understand my purest feelings but I couldn't care less; My deepest yearnings are nobody's goddamn business anyway

Missin' (Novel)

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

Marva Collins' Way: Updated

Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.

The Moonflower Vine

Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time.

Night

As long as we don't get turned into something that looks more like high school, more like everybody else and less like us, I'll be okay.

Never Always Sometimes

Love is a four-letter word, like frog, only with more kissing and less princing.

Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

Their leafy whispers delighted her, and she promised her confidentiality by gently touching the trunks of both trees. They had held her secrets close to their hearts, she could do no less.

Legacy

Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.

Lords and Ladies

All she could see was her demise and it called out a tempting ruse, offering a suffering less potent than what sickened the living.

The Lament of Sky

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

The Last Song

A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer.

A Language Older Than Words