“To be so lovely and so lost. To be all answerful with all that knowing trapped inside. To be beautiful and broken.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“When there is no hope in the future, the present appears atrociously bitter.”
― Therese Raquin
― Therese Raquin
“To him, one of the most fascinating historical aspects of governments was their complete disregard for governing. Governments were single-minded and interested only in increasing their control and any governance that came out of the government's actions were purely coincidental. .... The lowest flunky as well as the most powerful bureaucrat was more interested in protecting his sinecure than in helping the citizens who coughed up tax money to pay the government worker's salaries.”
― Zaftan Entrepreneurs: Book 1 of the Zaftan Trilogy
― Zaftan Entrepreneurs: Book 1 of the Zaftan Trilogy
“If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.”
― Kesey's Garage Sale
― Kesey's Garage Sale
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