“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Circe
― Circe
“The character for ‘mob’ is formed from the character for ‘nobility’ on one side and the character for ‘sheep’ on the other. So that’s what a mob is, a herd of sheep that turns into a pack of wolves because they believe themselves to be serving a noble cause.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
“No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.”
― The Magician’s Nephew
― The Magician’s Nephew
“But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.”
― Spinning Silver
― Spinning Silver
“King and Gandhi had found a way to use aggressive impulses to resist injustice without hurting others. Where did the aggression go? The answer, as King would later tell Poussaint, was this: into the courage needed to resist without fighting back physically...”
― A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
― A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
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