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Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people..."
The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people know what fish think about injustice, or anything else. Ursula K. Le Guin
There are some who complain most energetically and inconsolably of any, because they are, as they say, doing their duty. I also have in my mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it, or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters. Henry David Thoreau
Wendell Berry quote: "He had nothing he could do with is life's work now except..."
He had nothing he could do with is life's work now except leave it to a man who thought nothing of it. Wendell Berry
My grandfather has been very depressed lately. He just doesn't know what to do. He says it's late in the game, and he's afraid that life has him beaten."Tell him to take out the goalie. Charles M. Schulz
If there is confusion in your head and in your heart, what more do you want! A man who no longer loves and no longer errs should have himself buried straight away. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Oscar Wilde quote: "Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril."
Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril. Oscar Wilde
...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest. Robert A. Heinlein
James Joyce quote: "It was very big to think about everything and everywhere. Only..."
It was very big to think about everything and everywhere. Only Godcould do that. James Joyce
To those I love: I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There's nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. Elizabeth Gilbert
Steve Jobs quote: "What we're doing here will send a giant ripple through the..."
What we're doing here will send a giant ripple through the universe. Steve Jobs
Victor Hugo quote: "It does not do to let the senses fall asleep, whether in the..."
It does not do to let the senses fall asleep, whether in the shade of the sacred tree or in the shadow of an army. Victor Hugo
Oh, I'm being eaten By a boa constrictor, A boa constrictor, A boa constrictor, I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor, And I don't like it--one bit. Well, what do you know? It's nibblin' my toe. Oh, gee, It's up to my knee. Oh my, It's up to my thigh. Oh, fiddle, It's up to my middle. Oh, heck, It's up to my neck. Oh, dread, It's upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff . . . Shel Silverstein
The source ran somewhere, far away from him, ran and ran invisibly, had nothing to do with his life any more. And at several times he suddenly became scared on account of such thoughts and wished that he would also be gifted with the ability to participate in all of this childlike-naive occupations of the daytime with passion and with his heart, really to live, really to act, really to enjoy and to live instead of just standing by as a spectator. Herman Hesse
It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy ,generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it. Jean-Paul Sartre
Adolescence is best enjoyed without self-consciousness, but self-consciousness, unfortunately, is its leading symptom. Even when something important happens to you, even when your heart's getting crushed or exalted, even when you're absorbed in building the foundations of a personality, there comes these moments when you're aware that what's happening is not the real story. Unless you actually die, the real story is still ahead of you. This alone, this cruel mixture of consciousness and... Jonathan Franzen

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