“There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“...This is the first time I have met someone who seeks out people and who sees beyond...We never look beyond our assumptions and, what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. We don't recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were to become aware of the fact that we are alone in the wilderness, we would go crazy...As for me, I implore fate to give me the chance to see beyond myself and truly meet someone.”
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“Only by an act of treachery to those who believe in us can either of us escape.”
― Round the Bend
― Round the Bend
“There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them.They can't be justified.You just do them.Then you forget it.”
― The Godfather
― The Godfather
“Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive anything short of total global catastrophe. Within that hundred million will be thousands that could survive a global temperature drop of twenty degrees—which would be a lot more devastating than it sounds. Within that hundred million will be thousands that could survive a global temperature rise of twenty degrees. But a community of a hundred species or a thousand species has almost no survival value at all.”
― Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
― Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
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