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“They did not think politics was a great constructive process, they thought it was a kind of dog-fight. They wanted fun, they wanted spice, they wanted hits, they wanted also a chance to say "'Ear, ...”
“This may sound like a bunch of psychobabble, but the truth is that we are all filled with contradictions; personality is fluid not black and white. And, wellwe are all both strongand weak. Thats wh...”
“now i am oldolder enough to have known the worldand i am sad”
“Disappointed in his hope that I would give him the fictional equivalent of One Hundred Ways of Cooking Eggs or the Carnet de la Mnagre, he began to cross-examine me about my methods of collecting m...”
“It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act.”
“When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman whos broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we dont know where we come from we dont know where we are. ”
“A woman means by Unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others...thus, while the woman thinks of doing good offices and the man of respecting other peopl...”
“It was like Nils had said, about the little lake on the mountain that had been turned into marsh and the large one that had remained a lake. A being was either strong enough to hold their ground or...”
“I am a puzzle and a conundrum and a thunderstorm.”
“Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.”
“There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.”
“Spirituality can go hand-in-hand with ruthless single-mindedness when the individual is convinced his cause is just”
“We always talk about our feelings, neglecting the important matters that have to be look over.”
“We are animals and as animals we kill to survive. Unfortunately some of us are monsters and kill just because they can.”
“In spite of her desire for a contained universe, her life felt scattered, full of many small moments, without great purpose. That is what she thought, though what is most untrustworthy about our na...”
“Your own shortcomings are the best ground to grow your sense of humor.”
“Mrs. Bulstrode's nave way of conciliating piety and worldliness, the nothingness of this life and desirability of cut glass, the consciousness at once of filthy rags and the best damask...”
“The voice of Conscience has needed us to know again who we are in reality.”
“Keep this in mind: it is our religion to praise life. The word "life is the king of words. The kingword surrounded by other grand words. The word "adventure! The word "future! And the word "hope! B...”
“Humans are strange things. They have sex with each other; but are too ashamed to say sorry to one another, they see what they have when they've lost what they have; but not while they have it, they...”
