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Yann Martel

Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author most famous for his Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.
 * See also:
 * Life of Pi (film)

Life of Pi (2001)

 * Unless otherwise noted, page numbers refer to the 2002 edition from Toronto: Vintage Canada. ISBN 0-676-97377-9

 * If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.
 * Author's Note, p. xi

 * My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
 * Chapter 1, p. 3

 * Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science.
 * Chapter 1, p. 5

 * The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity — it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.
 * Chapter 1, p. 6

 * Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured.
 * Chapter 4, p. 17

 * To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
 * Chapter 7, p. 31

 * Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.
 * Chapter 16, pp. 54–55

 * "Bapu Gandhi said, 'All religions are true.' I just want to love God," I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face.
 * Chapter 23, p. 76

 * For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart.
 * Chapter 25, p. 78

 * I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.
 * Chapter 56, p. 178

 * It was Richard Parker who calmed me down. It is the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare say even wholeness.
 * Chapter 57, p. 179

 * I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.
 * Chapter 63, p. 212

 * My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book.
 * Chapter 73, p. 230

 * I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.
 * Chapter 73, p. 230

 * Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed. A school of fish appeared around the net or a knot cried out to be reknotted. Or I thought of my family, of how they were spared this terrible agony. The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.
 * Chapter 74, p. 232

 * There were many seas. The sea roared like a tiger. The sea whispered in your ear like a friend telling you secrets. The sea clinked like small change in a pocket. The sea thundered like avalanches. The sea hissed like sandpaper working on wood. The sea sounded like someone vomiting. The sea was dead silent.
 * Chapter 78, p. 239

 * Then Richard Parker, companion of my torment, awful, fierce thing that kept me alive, moved forward and disappeared forever from my life.
 * Chapter 94, p. 316

 * I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.
 * Chapter 94, p. 316

 * If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?
 * Chapter 99, p. 330

 * Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?
 * Chapter 99, p. 330

 * I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.
 * Chapter 99, pp. 330–331

 * I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.
 * Chapter 99, p. 336

Beatrice & Virgil (2010)

 * Unless otherwise noted, page numbers refer to the 2010 edition from Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada. ISBN 978-0-307-39877-2

 * Colonialism is a terrible bane for a people upon whom it is imposed, but a blessing for a language. English's drive to exploit the new and the alien, its zeal in robbing words from other languages, its incapacity to feel qualms over the matter, its museum-size overabundance of vocabulary, its shoulder-shrug approach to spelling, its don't-worry-be-happy concern for grammar—the result was a language whose colour and wealth Henry loved. In his entirely personal experience of [languages], English was jazz music, German was classical music, French was ecclesiastical music, and Spanish was music from the streets. Which is to say, stab his heart and it would bleed French, slice his brain open and its convolutions would be lined with English and German, and touch his hands and they would feel Spanish.
 * p. 23

 * An apple resists being eaten. An apple is not eaten, it is conquered. The crunchiness of a pear is far more appealing. It is giving and fragile. To eat a pear is akin to … kissing.
 * p. 50

 * [The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.
 * p. 97

 * To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that clings to you, always shaped like you, as if constantly to remind you of yourself? You can't. This shadow is doubt. And it goes wherever you go as long as you stay in the sun. And who wouldn't want to be in the sun?
 * p. 103

 * Words are cold, muddy toads trying to understand sprites dancing in a field.
 * p. 114

 * Here was irrefutable proof that he was using the Holocaust to speak of the extermination of animal life. Doomed creatures that could not speak for themselves were being given the voice of a most articulate people who had been similarly doomed. He was seeing the tragic fate of animals through the tragic fate of Jews. The Holocaust as allegory.
 * p. 173

 * I remember the first slap, just as I was being brought in. Already then something was lost forever, a basic trust. If there's an exquisite collection of Meissen porcelain and a man takes a cup and deliberately drops it to the floor, shattering it, why wouldn't he then proceed to break everything else? What difference does it make, cup or tureen, once the man has made clear his disregard for porcelain? With that first blow, something akin to porcelain shattered in me. It was a hard slap, forceful yet casual, given for no reason, before I had even identified myself. If they would do that to me, why wouldn't they do worse? Indeed, how could they stop themselves? A single blow is a dot, meaningless. It's a line that is wanted, a connection between the dots that will give purpose and direction. One blow demands a second and then a third and onwards.
 * p. 175

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Stephen R. Donaldson

Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947, in Cleveland) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. His works are noted for their use of complicated and often obscure language, a strong focus on characterization, and epic themes tied to a humanist world view.

Lord Foul's Bane (1977)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-34865-6, October 2004, 52nd printing

 * “One word more,” Foul said, “a final caution: Do not forget whom to fear at the last. I have had to be content with killing and torment. But now my plans are laid, and I have begun. I shall not rest until I have eradicated hope from the Earth. Think on that, and be dismayed!”
 * Chapter 3, “Invitation to a Betrayal” (p. 37)

 * In war men pass like shadows that stain the grass, Leaving their lives upon the green: While Earth bewails the crimson sheen, Men’s dreams and stars and whispers all helpless pass.
 * Chapter 6, “Legend of Berek Halfhand” (p. 78)

 * It was clear to all there gathered that power is a dreadful thing, and that knowledge of power dims the seeing of the wise.
 * Chapter 8, “The Dawn of the Message” (p. 104)

 * In accepting a gift you honor the giver.
 * Chapter 10, “The Celebration of Spring” (p. 143 and often)

 * “Why? Why do you trust me?” The Hirebrand’s eyes gleamed as if he were on the verge of tears, but he was smiling as he said, “You are a man who knows the value of beauty.”
 * Chapter 10, “The Celebration of Spring” (p. 147)

 * Foamfollower’s question caught him wandering. “Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?” Absently, he replied, “I was, once.” “And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?”… “I live.” “Another?” Foamfollower returned. “In two words, a story sadder than the first. Say no more—with one word you will make me weep.”
 * Chapter 11, “The Unhomed” (p. 182; ellipsis represents elision of a brief descriptive passage)

 * A good laugh, Covenant sighed morosely. Did I do a whole life’s laughing in that little time?
 * Chapter 11, “The Unhomed” (p. 183)

 * I admit the desire. But do not tempt me. Power has a way of revenging itself upon its usurpers.
 * Chapter 12, “Revelstone” (p. 197)

 * “We have searched the seas, and have waited for the omens to come to pass.” Foamfollower paused to look thoughtfully at Covenant, then went on: “Ah, my Lords, omening is curious. So much is said—and so little made clear.”
 * Chapter 14, “The Council of Lords” (p. 241)

 * “Go to hell,” Covenant mumbled. “Don’t you ever sleep?” “The Bloodguard do not sleep.” “What?” “No Bloodguard has slept since the Haruchai swore their Vow.” With an effort, Covenant pulled himself into a sitting position. He peered blearily at Bannor for a moment, then muttered, “You’re already in hell.”
 * Chapter 15, “The Great Challenge” (p. 274)

 * Ah, it is hard to take pride in human history.
 * Chapter 18, “The Plains of Ra” (p. 346)

 * Dreams—never forgive.
 * Chapter 19, “Ringthane’s Choice” (p. 376)

 * “That was a joke. Or a metaphor.” Covenant made another effort to turn his sarcasm into humor. “I can never tell the difference.”
 * Chapter 20, “A Question of Hope” (p. 378)

 * All you need to avoid despair is irremediable stupidity or unlimited stubbornness.
 * Chapter 20, “A Question of Hope” (p. 386)

 * Don’t talk like a damned mystic. Say something I can understand.
 * Chapter 20, “A Question of Hope” (p. 386)

 * It may be that hope misleads. But hate—hate corrupts. I have been too quick to hate. I become like what I abhor.
 * Chapter 21, “Treacher’s Gorge” (p. 408)

The Illearth War (1977)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-34866-4, September 1978, 42nd printing

 * I would say that happiness lies in serving the Land. And I would say that there is no happiness in times of war.
 * Chapter 9, “Glimmermere” (p. 146)

 * Do not hurt where holding is enough; do not wound where hurting is enough; do not maim where wounding is enough; and kill not where maiming is enough; the greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill.
 * Chapter 10, “Seer and Oracle” (p. 154)

 * War puts burdens on people without caring whether they are ready for them or not.
 * Chapter 11, “War Council” (p. 180)

 * Power is power. Its uses are in the hands of the user.
 * Chapter 15, “Revelwood” (p. 251)

 * I have no special virtue to make me resent him. One must have strength in order to judge the weakness of others. I am not so mighty.
 * Chapter 16, “Forced March” (p. 264)

 * No one person has the right to withhold knowledge from another. No one is wise enough.
 * Chapter 18, “Doom’s Retreat” (p. 334)

 * I was trying to give her something, make it up to her somehow. But that doesn’t work. When you’ve hurt someone that badly, you can’t go around giving them gifts. That’s arrogant and cruel.
 * Chapter 21, “Lena’s Daughter” (p. 407)

 * “That’s madness!” Covenant gasped thickly. Elena’s gaze wavered on the edge of focus, and he could not bear to look at her. “Do you think that some existence after death is going to vindicate you after you’ve simply extirpated life from the earth? That was exactly Kevin’s mistake. I tell you, he is roasting in hell!”
 * Chapter 21, “Lena’s Daughter” (p. 412)

 * If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather hear something that makes sense.
 * Chapter 22, “Anundivian Yajña” (p. 425)

 * Dreaming is like—it’s like being a slave. Your dreams come out of all the parts of you that you don’t have any control over.
 * Chapter 23, “Knowledge” (p. 439)

 * The prevailing breeze from the Forest blew into his face, and for the first time in many days he was able to distinguish the tang of the season. He found that the autumn of the Land had turned its corner, traveled its annual round from joy to sorrow. The air no longer gleamed with abundance and fruition, with ripeness either glad or grim. Now the breeze tasted like the leading edge of winter—a sere augury, promising long nights and barrenness and cold.
 * Chapter 24, “Descent to Earthroot” (p. 459)

 * You know, where I come from, the people who did this to a forest would be called pioneers—a very special breed of heroes, since instead of killing other human beings they concentrate on slaughtering nature itself.
 * Chapter 24, “Descent to Earthroot” (p. 460)

 * I loved you before that. I love you now. I’m just an unconscionable bastard, and I used you, that’s all. Now I regret it.
 * Chapter 25, “The Seventh Ward” (p. 494)

The Power that Preserves (1977)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-34867-2, 43rd printing

 * Power was dreadful and treacherous. When it was not great enough to accomplish its wielder’s desires, it turned against the hands which held it.
 * Chapter 2, “Variol-Son” (p. 30)

 * Yet this withholding of knowledge ran against every grain of his character. He believed intensely that the refusal to share knowledge demeaned both the denier and the denied.
 * Chapter 2, “Variol-Son” (p. 30)

 * She said that it is the responsibility of the living to justify the sacrifices of the dead. Otherwise their deaths have no meaning.
 * Chapter 2, “Variol-Son” (p. 42)

 * Abruptly Loerya joined the probing. “And if there is no Creator? Or if the creation is untended?” “Then who is there to reproach us? We provide the meaning of our own lives. If we serve the Land purely to the furthest limit of our abilities, what more can we ask of ourselves?”
 * Chapter 2, “Variol-Son” (p. 48)

 * He no longer accused himself; he knew then that no one could be blamed for being inadequate in the face of such unanswerable malevolence. Destruction was easier than preservation, and when destruction had risen high enough, mere men and women could not be condemned if they failed to throw back the tide.
 * Chapter 11, “The Ritual of Desecration” (p. 229)

 * It was gray cold and dead from horizon to horizon under the gray dead clouds—not the soft comfortable gray of twilit illusions, of unstark colors blurring like consolation or complacency into each other, but rather the gray of disconsolation and dismay, paradoxically dull and raw, numb and poignant, a gray like the ashen remains of color and sap and blood and bone. Gray wind drove gray cold over the gray frozen hills; gray snow gathered in this drifts under the lees of the gray terrain; gray ice underscored the black, brittle, leafless branches of the trees barely visible in the distance on his left, and stifled the gray, miserable current of the river almost out of sight on his right; gray numbness clutched at his flesh and soul.
 * Chapter 12, “Amanibhavam” (p. 270)

 * I rest and rest, but I do not become young.
 * Chapter 13, “The Healer” (p. 286)

 * The task was impossible, and mortal human beings accomplished nothing but their own destruction when they attempted the impossible.
 * Chapter 14, “Only Those Who Hate” (p. 297)

 * You did not cause his despair. Had you treated him with distrust, you would have achieved nothing but the confirmation of his distress. Distrust—vindicates itself.
 * Chapter 15, “Lord Mhoram’s Victory” (p. 321)

 * “Then why do you delay? Why do you fear?” Because I am mortal, weak. The way is only clear—not sure. In my time, I have been a seer and oracle. Now I—I desire a sign. I require to see.”
 * Chapter 15, “Lord Mhoram’s Victory” (p. 342)

 * The bluff stone of the tower, with Revelstone rising behind it like the prow of a great ship, answered his gaze in granite permanence as if it were a prophecy by the old Giants—a cryptic perception that victory and defeat were human terms which had no meaning in the language of mountains.
 * Chapter 15, “Lord Mhoram’s Victory” (p. 344)

 * “Are you so ashamed of what you were?” Bannon cocked a white eyebrow at the question, as if it came close to the truth. “I am not shamed,” he said distinctly. “But I am saddened that so many centuries were required to teach us the limits of our worth. We went too far, in pride and folly. Mortal men should not give up wives and sleep and death for any service—less the face of failure become too abhorrent to be endured.”
 * Chapter 17, “The Spoiled Plains” (p. 387)

 * Retribution—ah, my friend, retribution is the sweetest of all sweet dark dreams.
 * Chapter 17, “The Spoiled Plains” (p. 392)

 * Then he grinned. “But it is said that hunger teaches many things. My friend, a wealth of wisdom awaits us on this journey.”
 * Chapter 17, “The Spoiled Plains” (p. 394)

 * “Are you wise, Unbeliever?” “Who knows? If I am—wisdom is overrated.”
 * Chapter 17, “The Spoiled Plains” (p. 394)

 * Verily, wisdom is like hunger. Perhaps it is a very fine thing—but who would willingly partake of it?
 * Chapter 17, “The Spoiled Plains” (p. 394)

 * “We will soon know.” “Yes, indeed,” Covenant muttered. “Only I hate surprises. You never know when one of them is going to ruin your life.”
 * Chapter 19, “Ridjeck Thome” (p. 438)

 * The answer to death was to make use of it rather than fall victim to it—master it by making it serve his goals, beliefs. This was not a good answer. But it was the only answer he had.
 * Chapter 20, “The Unbeliever” (p. 468)

 * Do not be too quick to judge the makers of worlds. Will you ever write a story for which no character will have caused to reproach you?
 * Chapter 21, “Leper’s End” (p. 473)

 * “I’ll tell you what it is. It’s a goddam miracle, that’s what it is.” “Come, now,” the older man murmured. “I don’t believe in miracles—neither do you.”
 * Chapter 21, “Leper’s End” (p. 479)

 * He smiled because he was alive.
 * Chapter 21, “Leper’s End” (p. 480; last line)

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John Avlon

John Phillips Avlon (born January 19, 1973) is an American journalist and political commentator. He is a Senior Political Analyst and fill-anchor at CNN and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast from 2013 to 2018. Avlon has also been a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun and chief speechwriter for former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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 * Politics is history in the present tense.

 * The far-right and far-left can be equally insane.

 * Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.

 * Extremes are ultimately their own side's worst enemy.

 * Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.

 * Demagogues always do well in economic downturns.

 * Professional partisans are still playing politics by industrial-age rules. They haven’t woken up to the information-age reality. Younger generations have grown up with a multiplicity of choice on every front, which can be tailored to suit their individual beliefs. Politics is the last place where we are supposed to be satisfied with a choice between Brand A and Brand B.

 * If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem.

 * Us and against them is the opposite of our national motto, e pluribus unum: Out of many, one.

 * The independence of our nation is inseparable from our interdependence as a people.

 * Semi-obvious but bears repeating: Much of the evil in the world comes from seeing and judging people as members of groups rather than individuals.

 * America is both North and South, White and Black, Republican and Democrat. We are laughter and loss, Saturday night and Sunday morning, Old Testament and New. Liberty and equality are not opposites in inevitable conflict, but act in concert under the practical balance of the Union. In the end, even war and peace are intimately entwined.

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George Augustus Henry Sala

George Augustus Henry Sala (24 November 1828 – 8 December 1895) was an English journalist.

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 * England is surrounded by enemies—by real enemies who hate her. Why? Because she tries to be honest; and she tries to be free.
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I don't think those are quotes worth to mention. I think one quote from this film worth to mention is if you don't take care of business, the business will take care of you. Avjoska 18:23, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm terribly sorry. that quote was from film Get Carter, USA 2000. Avjoska 18:24, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

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James Dean Bradfield

James Dean Bradfield (born 21 February 1969) is a singer and guitarist, known for his work in the Manic Street Preachers.

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 * To be universal you've got to stain the consciousness of the people. You've got to dig out a truth that everybody knows, but they don't want to hear, then tell it in a manner that's so articulate and so aesthetically indignant, so beautiful, that they've got to accept it back in their lives again. That's what I want to do. Touch something universal in your own language.
 * Q magazine, November 1996 issue

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User talk:66.244.223.234

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Please stop adding nonsense to Wikiquote, as you did to Henry Ford. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Wikiquote exists for the collecting of notable quotations of famous people and famous works. For a quick overview of what Wikiquote is, read Wikiquote, and also What Wikiquote is not for a list of common activities that Wikiquote does not support. When people are not interested in responsibly contributing to the development of the project, incidents of their deliberate vandalism can result in IP addresses being blocked from editing. Thank you. ~ Ningauble 18:37, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

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I like ASIAN GIRLS!

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User:Cromwellt

Cromwellt is a translator and interpreter who currently lives in Arizona. He has been active on Wikipedia and related projects since November, 2004. He thinks that Wikipedia and its sisterprojects are great, and spends most of his free time working on them. He is active on some of them, and at least has a presence on many others. He currently works on the Simple English wikiprojects the most, and has been an administrator on some of them. For a list of the projects he is involved in, see his userpage matrix.

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On the Jews and Their Lies

On the Jews and Their Lies (German: Von den Juden und ihren Lügen) is a treatise written in January 1543 by Martin Luther, the German theologian, in which he advocated harsh persecution of the Jewish people. Four centuries later, the Nazis used quotations from this pamphlet to justify their Final Solution. Martin Luther forever changed Christianity when he began the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Europe.

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 * I had made up my mind to write no more either about the Jews or against them. But since I learned that these miserable and accursed people do not cease to lure to themselves even us, that is, the Christians, I have published this little book (italicized words added by jews see: these miserable and accursed "people"), so that I might be found among those who opposed such poisonous activities of the Jews who warned the Christians to be on their guard against them. I would not have believed that a Christian could be duped by the Jews into taking their exile and wretchedness upon himself. However, the devil is the god of the world, and wherever God's word is absent he has an easy task, not only with the weak but also with the strong. May God help us. Amen.

 * Jesus Christ did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the "noble" blood and race of Israel, which is Lucifer's name, for they are children of Satan; and these miserable and accursed children of a wretched demon declared, "He (Jesus Christ) has a demon" [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil." It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.

 * Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools...

 * Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people.

 * ...their blindness and arrogance are as solid as an iron mountain.

 * Learn from this, dear Christian, what you are doing if you permit the blind Jews to mislead you. Then the saying will truly apply, "When a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit" [cf. Luke 6:39]. You cannot learn anything from them except how to misunderstand the divine commandments...

 * Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which sheer self-glory, conceit, lies, blasphemy, and defaming of God and men are practiced most maliciously and veheming his eyes on them.

 * Moreover, the jews are nothing but thieves and robbers who daily eat no morsel and wear no thread of clothing which they have not stolen and pilfered from us by means of their accursed usury. Thus they live from day to day, together with wife and child, by theft and robbery, as arch-thieves and robbers, in the most impenitent security.

 * However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who is just a little observant can easily detect it. But for us Christians they stand as a terrifying example of God's wrath.

 * If I had to refute all the other articles of the Jewish faith, I should be obliged to write against them as much and for as long a time as they have used for inventing their lies-- that is, longer than two thousand years.

 * ...Christ and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.

 * Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?

 * Alas, it cannot be anything but the terrible wrath of God which permits anyone to sink into such abysmal, devilish, hellish, insane baseness, envy, and arrogance. If I were to avenge myself on the devil himself I should be unable to wish him such evil and misfortune as God's wrath inflicts on the Jews, compelling them to lie and to blaspheme so monstrously, in violation of their own conscience. Anyway, they have their reward for constantly giving God the lie.

 * No, one should toss out these lazy rogues by the seat of their pants.

 * ...but then eject them forever from this country. For, as we have heard, God's anger with them is so intense that gentle mercy will only tend to make them worse and worse, while sharp mercy will reform them but little. Therefore, in any case, away with them!

 * Over and above that we let them get rich on our sweat and blood, while we remain poor and they suck the marrow from our bones.

 * I brief, dear princes and lords, those of you who have Jews under your rule-- if my counsel does not please your, find better advice, so that you and we all can be rid of the unbearable, devilish burden of the Jews, lest we become guilty sharers before God in the lies, blasphemy, the defamation, and the curses which the mad Jews indulge in so freely and wantonly against the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, this dear mother, all christians, all authority, and ourselves. Do not grant them protection, safe-conduct, or communion with us.... .With this faithful counsel and warning I wish to cleanse and exonerate my conscience.

 * Let the government deal with them in this respect, as I have suggested. But whether the government acts or not, let everyone at least be guided by his own conscience and form for himself a definition or image of a Jew.

 * However, we must avoid confirming them in their wanton lying, slandering, cursing, and defaming. Nor dare we make ourselves partners in their devilish ranting and raving by shielding and protecting them, by giving them food, drink, and shelter, or by other neighborly acts.

 * Therefore we Christians, in turn, are obliged not to tolerate their wanton and conscious blasphemy.

 * Accordingly, it must and dare not be considered a trifling matter but a most serious one to seek counsel against this and to save our souls from the Jews, that is, from the devil and from eternal death.

 * What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews? Since they live among us, we dare not tolerate their conduct, now that we are aware of their lying and reviling and blaspheming. If we do, we become sharers in their lies, cursing and blaspemy. Thus we cannot extinguish the unquenchable fire of divine wrath, of which the prophets speak, nor can we convert the Jews. With prayer and the fear of God we must practice a sharp mercy to see whether we might save at least a few from the glowing flames. We dare not avenge ourselves. Vengeance a thousand times worse than we could wish them already has them by the throat. I shall give you my sincere advice:

 * First to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are Christians, and do not condone or knowingly tolerate such public lying, cursing, and blaspheming of his Son and of his Christians. For whatever we tolerated in the past unknowingly - and I myself was unaware of it - will be pardoned by God. But if we, now that we are informed, were to protect and shield such a house for the Jews, existing right before our very nose, in which they lie about, blaspheme, curse, vilify, and defame Christ and us (as was heard above), it would be the same as if we were doing all this and even worse ourselves, as we very well know.

 * Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed. For they pursue in them the same aims as in their synagogues. Instead they might be lodged under a roof or in a barn, like the gypsies. This will bring home to them that they are not masters in our country, as they boast, but that they are living in exile and in captivity, as they incessantly wail and lament about us before God.

 * Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them...

 * Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb. For they have justly forfeited the right to such an office by holding the poor Jews captive with the saying of Moses (Deuteronomy 17 [:10 ff.]) in which he commands them to obey their teachers on penalty of death, although Moses clearly adds: "what they teach you in accord with the law of the Lord." Those villains ignore that. They wantonly employ the poor people's obedience contrary to the law of the Lord and infuse them with this poison, cursing, and blasphemy. In the same way the Pope also held us captive with the declaration in Matthew 16 [:18], "You are Peter," etc., inducing us to believe all the lies and deceptions that issued from his devilish mind. He did not teach in accord with the word of God, and therefore he forfeited the right to teach.

 * Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews. For they have no business in the countryside, since they are not lords, officials, tradesmen, or the like. Let they stay at home...

 * Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, the jews, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them and put aside for safekeeping. The reason for such a measure is that, as said above, they have no other means of earning a livelihood than usury, and by it they have stolen and robbed from us all they possess. Such money should now be used in no other way than the following: Whenever a Jew is sincerely converted, he should be handed one hundred, two hundred, or three hundred florins, as personal circumstances may suggest. With this he could set himself up in some occupation for the support of his poor wife and children, and the maintenance of the old or feeble. For such evil gains are cursed if they are not put to use with God's blessing in a good and worthy cause.

 * Seventh, I commend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow, as was imposed on the children of Adam (Gen 3[:19]}. For it is not fitting that they should let us accursed Goyim toil in the sweat of our faces while they, the holy people, idle away their time behind the stove, feasting and farting, and on top of all, boasting blasphemously of their lordship over the Christians by means of our sweat. No, one should toss out these lazy rogues by the seat of their pants.

 * But what will happen even if we do burn down the Jews' synagogues and forbid them publicly to praise Satan, to pray, to teach, to utter Satan's name? They will still keep doing it in secret. If we know that they are doing this in secret, it is the same as if they were doing it publicly. For our knowledge of their secret doings and our toleration of them implies that they are not secret after all and thus our conscience is encumbered with it before God.

 * Accordingly, it must and dare not be considered a trifling matter but a most serious one to seek counsel against this and to save our souls from the Jews, that is, from the devil and from eternal death. My advice, as I said earlier, is:

 * First, that their synagogues be burned down, and that all who are able toss in sulphur and pitch; it would be good if someone could also throw in some hellfire. That would demonstrate to God our serious resolve and be evidence to all the world that it was in ignorance that we tolerated such houses, in which the Jews have reviled God, our dear Creator and Father, and his Son most shamefully up till now but that we have now given them their due reward.

 * I wish and I ask that our rulers who have Jewish subjects exercise a sharp mercy toward these wretched people, as suggested above, to see whether this might not help (though it is doubtful). They must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in, proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did in the wilderness, slaying three thousand lest the whole people perish. They surely do not know what they are doing; moreover, as people possessed, they do not wish to know it, hear it, or learn it. There it would be wrong to be merciful and confirm them in their conduct. If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs, so that we do not become partakers of their abominable blasphemy and all their other vices and thus merit God's wrath and be damned with them. I have done my duty. Now let everyone see to his. I am exonerated."

 * My essay, I hope, will furnish a Christian (who in any case has no desire to become a Jew) with enough material not only to defend himself against the blind, venomous Jews, but also to become the foe of the Jews' malice, lying, and cursing, and to understand not only that their belief is false but that they are surely possessed by all devils. May Christ, our dear Lord, convert them mercifully and preserve us steadfastly and immovably in the knowledge of him, which is eternal life.

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Alicja Gajowniczek

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: delete. — Jeffq 01:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Alicja Gajowniczek
Another non-notable teacher, where all the quotes appear to just be student recollections. —LrdChaos 18:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (6 Deletes; 2 Keeps, both from editors whose sole contributions are toward vanity articles and supporting them in VFDs). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 18:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete--134.151.32.254 18:15, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with above. ~ UDScott 18:24, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided and quotes sourced, which is certain to be impossible for wiki-unnotable teachers. ("Oral transfer" is not an acceptable source, as it cannot be independently verified.) To the admiring students of Ms. Gajowniczek: It's not a judgment on the person's worthiness, just a reflection of the subject notability and sourcing requirements of Wikimedia Foundation projects. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't delete. I think students wants to have fun! Don't ban them to have it! She's not Ms. Gajowniczek, She's Mrs. Gajowniczek. ~
 * Keep This person surely is notable to a select group! Boo! Hiss! Horatio Apple 18:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. InvisibleSun 05:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. at 4:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Peter Kraft

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 01:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Peter Kraft
Non-notable schoolteacher; it also appears that much of the page is just student's recollections of quotes, and nearly all of the edits (those from IP 66.10.167.1) are from a computer at the school. —LrdChaos 16:25, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (4 Deletes from regular contributors; 2 Keeps from anons, one of whom tried to delete this entry, both of whose sole contributions were to this article, its VFD entry, and other VFD-nominated vanity articles). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 16:25, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with LrdChaos. ~ UDScott 17:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided and quotes sourced, which is certain to be impossible for wiki-unnotable teachers. (To the admiring students of Mr. Kraft: It's not a judgment on the person's worthiness, just a reflection of the subject notability and sourcing requirements of Wikimedia Foundation projects.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:18, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete
 * Do Not Delete
 * Note: A user from the same IP (66.10.167.1) earlier deleted this entry using a misleading edit summary. —LrdChaos 18:41, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. InvisibleSun 05:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Shawn triscari

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: delete. — Jeffq 01:21, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Shawn triscari
Not notable. ~ UDScott 12:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes from regular contributors; 5 remaining Keeps from editors who only contributed to this article, some of whom engaged in vote forging and some who may be sockpuppets; absolutely no evidence notability evidence established, even with repeated requests; standard excuses and dodges for such requests). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:21, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. ~ UDScott 12:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Merely claiming that someone is "a significant person" does not make them notable. —LrdChaos 13:11, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete : possible impersonation of me, or a rather odd coincidence, was involved with an editor of this page. ~ Shadow 22:21, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete
 * Do Not Delete Auraschild 20:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's possible that User:Auraschild is the same user as 65.43.180.63, as they earlier replaced the unsigned tag with their signature. —LrdChaos 20:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Um no, It's called a school network and/or a LAN. They all have same IP addresses.Auraschild 21:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This may be true, but is irrelevant. We have consecutive edits that show that Auraschild took an edit added by 65.43.180.63, signed it with his/her signature , then added a second vote (still logged on as Auraschild) claiming to be "JJ aka ShadowZero" . The first may be an unlogged user fixing a signature; we have no practical way to verify this (which is why UDScott reverted the signing). But the last is considered vote forgery, as it is a single username trying to make two apparently different votes. We require that users add signatures to their votes to show awareness of the process (which is described at the top of this page), and to help sysops to determine good-faith voting. But any Wikiquotian can observe the actual edits, including forged votes, by examining the page history. This behavior will likely get votes from participating users discounted, and may result in blocking if such bad-faith editing continues. IP addresses cannot register multiple legal votes, regardless of how many people they represent. Furthermore, we don't usually give much (if any) credit to users who only register to vote for articles, or IPs whose only contributions are to an article and its VfD entry. Wikiquote is a serious compendium of quotes from notable people and creative works, not a popularity contest to support quotes from ordinary individuals, however profound their statements or respected they may be by their followers. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:07, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * To be honest with you... That is kind of stupid.  You consider people notable only through Google searches and all that stuff.  It seems you have no respect for uprising notable people.  I hate people like that.  Someone can be notable in one area, a region that not many have heard of and if someone would try to put that persons quotes on here you would immediatly deem them not notable.  Google searches are a bad way to see if people are notable because some people don't let stuff about them go near search engines...  Some people like to be unknown in some ways.  I personal consider a notable person someone who defies what people say.  Someone should be notable if they were told they couldn't do something and they go and do it.  Like helping others or setting up homeless help programs even though people said noone would care and it would be a waste of time.  Notability should not be just by how many google hits you get and how many are actually that person but on what they did and plan to do with their future.  But what I say has no importance seeing how I am, according to you, not notable.  I only put my quotes on here because I used them in situations were most people who have freaked out and said or did nothing.  I have prevented people from killing themselves.  If you call that not notable then you people are really sad.  I really wonder what has truely happened to this world.  Just because of this whole thing, I think I'll make my current website a quote website donated to the people who weren't notable enough for you people.  Auraschild 00:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Auraschild, Wikiquote is a publication of the Wikimedia Foundation, and as such must follow its principles. Like any other publisher, it is entitled to define what content it should incorporate, and what it does not wish to have. Many people make the mistake of thinking that being able to edit a website entitles them to add anything they wish to that website. But the Foundations's goal (as far as I understand it) is to create publications worthy of the respect given formal print publications, but which are composed by anyone and everyone who wishes to contribute. That does not mean we editors can ignore its standards. You also confuse subject notability with editor notability. It doesn't matter that you or I are unnotable. (I don't know about you, but I am certainly unnotable, which is why I don't have a quote article, just a user page like any other registered user, yourself included.) Anybody can edit here, but Wikiquote, like Bartlett's Famous Quotations or The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, requires that its subjects be notable and their sources be reliable. I wish you luck with your own website; I have no doubt that many folks who wouldn't be included in Wikiquote might very well achieve a useful web presence in your and others' sites, with their own standards of inclusion and exclusion. Vive le difference! Vive la variété! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:29, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Another thing. Notability differs alot.  I could see Wilhelm Stekel as notable yet some other person (forsay my friend JJ) could see him as just a lunatic.  Words and meanings and notability differ from person to person.  The whole world could see someone as notable and yet the mediawiki thing could easily say they weren't.  I respect that in a small way but I also think that the minorities should have a chance in the world.  If all we did was allow the current notable people in wolrd to do anything, then we wouldn't be letting anyone else get into the notable category which you people place.  Such things are stupid and remind me of a mere child.  I've worked my whole life to stop homelessness and world hunger but because noone knows it I am deemed unnotable and disgarded as a normal average person.  But I am a respectful person and I will respect this notable policy thing.  "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."  I based my life on this quote from Wilhelm Stekel.  Like I said (or think I said) I do not want to be known much, I just want people to know my words, the words that have helped many people.  And why do you let people vote if it should be deleted or not?  All in all it is not notable and will probably be deleted anyways, what is the point? I don't know why I say anything.  My words to you are unnotable and that of an average person. (I am saying this next part only out of curiosity, though it is true) Would I be notable If I told you I have won 5 awards for my poetry and had my poetry featured in two different books? Auraschild 01:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I find it hard to imagine a situation where "the world world [sees] someone as notable" and yet an entry for them here was deleted. Certainly it is possible to portray nearly anyone as a non-notable figure, and while there is no absolute standard for what constitutes notability, Wikiquote (as with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects) generally operates on consensus. If a clear enough majority of people feel that a person is not notable enough to merit a page, then the likely result is that it will be deleted. There isn't some secret cabal that schemes to keep certain people from having pages here; the entire process is transparent and open to all. As far as your winning awards and having poetry published, that alone does not necessarily make you notable. There are many, many, many "awards" out there that serve only to earn money for a person or company through entry fees or payment for inclusion in a book of some sort. Most of these awards don't confer any real status on the person winning them; they don't become well-known in literature circles or anything like that. The same holds true for publication. Merely having a work published does not establish notability; the work has to achieve some measurable success in a large area/region. —LrdChaos 03:22, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Let's not get too sidetracked about the term "notability", which as everyone is pointing out is ambiguous. The way to convince Wikiquotians who are unaware of a person is to cite published information about the subject. As yet, not one shred of such info has been provided for Shawn Triscari, the subject of this VfD. If George W. Bush, who is inarguably notable, made a personal appeal for Mr. Triscari, it would be completely irrelevant. It's the subject, not the editor, who is the question here, and the evidence needs to be something that other Wikiquotians can investigate. Google, Alexa, the Library of Congress, Amazon, etc., are all just convenient means to the end of scaring up hard data on a subject. Since Mr. Triscari is apparently active in Cleveland, Ohio, citing articles from the The Plain Dealer would be one way to provide the requested evidence. I'm sure there are many other potential sources; it's a question of whether this person has appeared in any of them. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, tell me this, how can I prove I am notable enough for you people? I'm surprised anyone is even on here.  (Though it is irrelevant I would never let Bush make an appeal for me.)  But I am being serious, how can I prove I am notable.  I have never let anything been written about me because I refuse to be known.  I live life for other people not for popularity, not for being known.  Which brings up something else for me.  If someone never let themselves get published in anything how can they prove they are notable.  And I was in the Plain Dealer (and the soem west side newpaper and I think the sun newspaper) a couple weeks ago as a matter of fact, and on Channel 5 news, and 3 and 8 and 19 and 43.  But that's irrelevant to this.  And I will not provide links to any article because I am not going to resort to anything by the media to prove/say I am notable. (And mostly because I am going to e-mail them to ask them to delete the article.) Auraschild 03:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * There are literally no more common practices for scam artists to delude people than by making assertions and then trying to confuse skeptics by claiming absurd altruistic reasons for avoid publicity and painting themselves as victims. The claim of this user about "refus[ing] to be known" are patently false, as he is working very hard to be known here. The idea that citing evidence is irrelevant is absolutely wrong, as this is the only relevant issue here. Note also how Auraschild mentions several major media outlets but fails to provide any details (program names, article titles, dates, links), and even foolishly talks about having a paper delete an article. At this point, further discussion with this soi-disant "respectful person" who calls his fellow editors "stupid" is merely feeding the trolls. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:37, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * How many times do I have to say it?! I am only doing it on here so peopel can see my quotes!  I don't care about me or anything.  You want to see apart of teh article?  The article heading was Students Urging Voters To Pass Levy Next Month and was POSTED on channel 5 news website at: 5:23 pm EDT April 6, 2006. (Was also featured on 10 O'clock news, 5 O'clock news and I think maybe the morning news of the next day.) You people are really shallow and ignorant. And is there anything wrong with wanting to work in the shadows?  I refuse to be known because unlike most people I hate being known, I would hate my life if everytime I saw someone they knew my name and wanted to talk and because it is stupid to be popular.  You rise and you fall.  Why rise and fall when you can always stay in the middle?  Though even if you want to stay in the middle you will always have minor rises and falls.  I would never do anything for popularity or for money.  I just want the world to be a better place.  Say I am lieing, say i am full of it, say I want popularity, I DO NOT CARE!  Because I know the truth, I know what I want.  Another reason I didn't want to provide any media info was because I dislike the media.  They side with the authorities and proclaim their righteousness.   Auraschild 05:02, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Another thing. If I really wanted to be known you'd see more things with me in it if you searched me on Yahoo or Google.  And you think I am trolling? (not that I really understand it) Sheesh, I was hoping at least one person would understand my intentions.  And the only reason I am working hard here is becuase I hope someone comes across this and learns to stand up for themselves and defy the odds.  Trust me I have thought about deleting all my qoutes that I have on here and just moving them to my website but I believe in fighting for what you believe in and that's what I am doing now.  Fighting for what I believe in. Auraschild 05:30, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * So if you think that standing up for what you believe in is wrong, you people have serious issues! Oh and if you wish to have your quotes seen (directs towards minorities and non-notable people you can have them on my website!  Go to http://www.eshemaunited.com/signup.htm  Auraschild 16:20, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
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 * Please Do Not Delete 156.63.190.132 15:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Note that all other contributions from this IP to date have been to add and self-revert nonsense (except 1 case where they reverted nonsense by another anon who had re-added their nonsense to the same article, Democracy). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I want to make it clear that I had no intentions of annoying anyone. My intentions were for the best.  I never insulted anyone!  I am outraged that you accuse me of that!  And, I never meant for any of this to happen, all I have to say is I am sorry for the way this all turned out and I am sorry for wasting your time.  Deleting the Shawn Triscari article will only be for the best.  Now I only ask for forgiveness.  If you could at least grant me that.  Auraschild 19:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I am going to be the bigger man here and delete the quotes I had on here. Auraschild 19:59, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I am guessing I am not allowed to do that either... Auraschild 21:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikiquote policy (for everyone) is to leave VfD-nominated articles in place, allowing changes to attempt to make the article conform to policy (like reducing POV or adding sources or details) for a minimum of two weeks. Blanking articles is only done when the content is likely a copyright violation or libelous, but even then the original content is available through page history. It is a practice on Wikipedia that article creators may ask that their articles be speedy-deleted, but we are still working to catch up to WP's SD practices. Sysops are just as bound by WQ policy as any editor, more so in some ways. It may seem odd to some, but we have had articles that other editors rescued from deletion requests by their original editors. (See Votes for deletion archive/Neglected Mario Characters as the most recent example, and some explanation why this happens on occasion.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

''Shawn is a notable person. The definition of notable refers to any person who has done something signifigant with thier lives. Because of the fact that everyones view of "signifigance" is relative, you can not say her is not a signifigant person. I will attest to his importance by saying that without him, many people have a high chance of being dead right now. This possible total is higher than a minor terroristic attack. ''Shawn Triscari has saved doesens of people, mabie even over 50. I can verify at least 5 of them for him. By denying him the privilage of being a "notable person," you are, in essence, placing him below the rank of a minimal terrorist. Doesn't he reserve the right to retain his dignity as a human? Are you persecuting this man because his views are different from yours? Your site is large, wikipedia staff. Let this man have his dignity and respect, and treat him not as a patron, but as an equal.... ''E-mail Shadow at Shadow_Zero_2000@hotmail.com (end of transcript) The above was a note from a friend, he originally placed it on the Shawn triscari page itself, but it was removed and I was told to move it here. It is also on the Talk:Shawn triscari Page. Thank you, Your friend, Shawn Auraschild (talk) 15:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh and the IP 156.63.190.132 is my schools IP address. I was talking to you people from the schools comp and must have forgotten to delete the history and they came across it. Auraschild 23:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * (Shadows notebook:) (This is not the WikiUser Shadow)
 * I actually had to use these today, a friend was contemplating suicide and ways to change her life. Sorry, I just thought I'd mention it. Auraschild 22:51, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I find it an abomination that anyone would use the suicidal feelings of others to promote their own notoriety. Perhaps, to provide the requested evidence of notability, the Friends of Shawn Triscari (FoST) might interest The Plain Dealer in a story about how a shameless, self-involved young man spends most of his day trying to convince people that he is important, completely forgetting that the true importance comes from the effort itself, not the publicity. This is the most disgraceful act of self-promotion I've ever seen on a wiki project. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey... I... I didn't mean to self promote... I just.. really got caught up in it and I just wanted people t...  It doesn't matter, "To you, everything thats going on in the world looks phoney, to be something other than it is, right?" (From Catcher in the Rye I think.. One of J.D. Salinger's works...  I don't think it was The Laughing Man {I think both are good and are good reading as well}) But I guess in this case the quote should be "To you, everything that I do in the world looks phoney, to be something other than it is, right?" I am sorry, and I mean that.. I... I really do! Auraschild 01:11, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

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