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One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true - they were successful because they imposed chaos on order. They tore up the commandments, they denied the super-ego, what you will. They said, "You may persecute the minority, you may kill, you may torture, you may couple and breed without love." They offered humanity all its great temptations. Nothing is true, everything is permitted. John Fowles
Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we need to move the very stars to pity. Christopher Hitchens
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. Jawaharlal Nehru
In this particular tub, two knees jut uplike icebergs, while minute brown hairs riseon arms and legs in a fringe of kelp; green soapnavigates the tidal slosh of seasbreaking on legendary beaches; in faithwe shall board our imagined ship and wildly sailamong sacred islands of the mad till deathshatters the fabulous stars and makes us real. Sylvia Plath
Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford
For myself I can say that, having had every good thing that money can buy, an experience like another, I could part without a pang with every possession I have. We live in uncertain times and our all may yet be taken from us. With enough plain food to satisfy my small appetite, a room to myself, books from a public library, pens and paper, I should regret nothing. W. Somerset Maugham
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such..."
We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Tennessee Williams quote: "We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own..."
We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. Tennessee Williams
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Felipe and I, as we discover to our delight, are a perfectly..."
Felipe and I, as we discover to our delight, are a perfectly matched, genetically engineered belly-to-belly success story. Elizabeth Gilbert
Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time. It is not enough to just say relationships are important; we must prove it by investing time in them. Words alone are worthless. "My children, our love should not be just... Rick Warren
Tom Stoppard quote: "Give us this day our daily mask."
Give us this day our daily mask. Tom Stoppard
T. S. Eliot quote: "And the end of all our exploring/ Will be to arrive where we..."
And the end of all our exploring/ Will be to arrive where we started/ And know the place for the first time T. S. Eliot
There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the sphere of the private. We must reasonably now all regard the fact that there are no secrets and nothing is private. Everything is public. Philip K. Dick
L. M. Montgomery quote: "I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got..."
I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter) L. M. Montgomery
When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then Chief Seattle

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