Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you’re young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry
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“Society is a thing to be Conquered or withdrawn from.”
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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“Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.”
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“History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.”
― The Italian Pleasures of Gabriele Paterkallos
― The Italian Pleasures of Gabriele Paterkallos
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