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“We used to think that schools built brains. Now we know that it is play that builds the brains that school can then use.”
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“But you said there was no defense."
"There ain't."
"Then what do I do?"
"Know it, and go on out the yard. Go on.”
― Beloved
"There ain't."
"Then what do I do?"
"Know it, and go on out the yard. Go on.”
― Beloved
“But because so many kept silent, the temptation is great to discount one's own silence, or to compensate for it by invoking the general guilt, or to speak about oneself all but abstractly, in the third person: he was, saw, had, said, he kept silent...”
― Peeling the Onion
― Peeling the Onion
“The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“A sovereign cannot raise an army because he is enraged, nor can a general fight because he is resentful. For while an angered many may again be happy, and a resentful man again be pleased, a state that has perished cannot be restored, nor can the dead be brought back to life.
Therefore, the enlightened ruler is prudent and the good general is warned against rash action. Thus the state is kept secure and the army preserved.”
― The Art of War
Therefore, the enlightened ruler is prudent and the good general is warned against rash action. Thus the state is kept secure and the army preserved.”
― The Art of War
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