"I was a shadow among shadows brooding over the fate of other shadows that I alone strove to summon up out of the all-pervading dusk."

-- Loren Eiseley

#Fate Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Brooding Quotes

“Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there”
“Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.”
“If you've been to Moscow, it's a really exciting and great city, but it still feels like you should be a little careful about which way you're going to step.”
“Mortal beauty stings while it delights.”
“It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry or drive them away, and although their origin does not lie entirely under our control we can choose to approve of them and to adopt them.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 273), 1895.
“We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, kill, and lie to make money. They throw poor people out of homes, let the uninsured die, wage useless wars for profit, poison and pollute the ecosystem, slash social assistance programs, gut public education, trash the global economy, plunder the U.S. Treasury and crush all popular movements that seek justice for working men and women. They worship money and power.”
“I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.”
“I will only sell coffee less than 48 hours out of the roaster to my customers, so they may enjoy coffee at its peak of flavor. I will only use the finest, most delicious and responsibly sourced beans.”

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