“I can not think for others or without others,nor can others think for me. Even if the people's thinking is superstitious or naive,it is only as they rethink their assumptions in action that they can change. Producing and acting upon their own ideas—not consuming those of others.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable—if the sea wants you and your time has come.”
― Tai-Pan
― Tai-Pan
“love is like the sea, sometimes calm and sometimes stormy; it’s dangerous, beautiful, death-dealing, life-giving. But never permanent, everchanging.”
― Tai-Pan
― Tai-Pan
“Godrot opium, he thought. But he knew that his life was inexorably tied to opium—and that without it neither The Noble House nor the British Empire could exist.”
― Tai-Pan
― Tai-Pan
“Dearest says that is the best kind of goodness; not to think about yourself, but to think about other people.”
― Little Lord Fauntleroy
― Little Lord Fauntleroy
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