"You leave out God, and you substitute the devil."
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"I loved Molly. Or at least I told myself I did. Or, if what I felt for her was not love, it was at least a plausible imitation, a convincing substitute."
"I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha."
"It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war."
"Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness."
"Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy."
"There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children"