"The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell."

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Source : FaceBook post by John Jakes from Dec 22, 2014

John Jakes

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“Until now in world's history, whenever we've had a dark age, its been temporary and local. And other parts of the world have been doing fine. And eventually, they help you get out of the dark age. We are now facing a possible dark age which is going to be world-wide and permanent! That's not fun. That's a different thing. But once we have established many worlds, we can do whatever we want as long as we do it one world at a time.”
“Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.”
“I do know there are still industries that are not on an equal playing field with women. My thing is, don't let that keep you from continuing to do what you know that you have to do. Don't look at it as an excuse, look at it as an opportunity.”
“I have a dark sense of humor.”
“Divisiveness is not good for the people.”
“Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?”

Source : Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.118, Kodansha America
“I was in the land of fakes and frauds and phonies-I felt like saying â€œHowdy cousin,â€ to everybody who walked by.”
“I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.”

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