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Maybe, as with a glass of whisky, I should simply accept and engage. It is here. It exists. It is beautiful. Whisky too is art, a response to place.
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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