“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.”
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“Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
― Julius Caesar
― Julius Caesar
“Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.”
― "Camelot" Vocal Selection
― "Camelot" Vocal Selection
“Like all young people, you are quite sure that you alone feel and think, you alone recognize danger, you alone are the only one clever enough to realise...”
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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