“Moreover, if great men are the only hope of the Evolutionary Process, they are morally bound to rule over the masses for their own good -- we are all here on earth to help others: what on earth the others are here for, I don't know -- and the masses have no right whatsoever to resist them.”
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“Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.”
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“There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, people we can't live without but have to let go.”
― The Truth About Butterflies: A Memoir
― The Truth About Butterflies: A Memoir
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”
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