"I think we take the history we want to take in order to back up the stories we want to hear."

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Paul Kingsnorth

#Thinking Quotes #Order Quotes #Stories Quotes

“The breeze and the dew make tranquil the clear dawn; Behind the curtain there is one who alone is up betimes. The orioles sing and the flowers smile - Whose then, after all, is the Spring?”
“I was a book lover from the beginning. I loved, love, words and images and ideas, the ways a book can make you feel things deeply or help you understand something you never even knew there were words for.”
“I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.”
“[R]ights do not belong to men simply as men, but because of the superior qualities, physical, intellectual, moral or political, which are characteristic of certain individuals or races.”

Source : Charles Edward Merriam (1928). “A History of American Political Theories”, p.248, Transaction Publishers
“Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.”
“Arsenal have a goalkeeper emergency at the moment. I'll gladly step in.”
“I worry myself sick about emotional pain, and then I either get on the mat, or get on my bike, and just stop thinking. Sometimes it is hard to let go, and in this modern age, letting go is considered a sign of coldness and a weak mind, but I think it is the exact opposite.”
“I play video games a lot... I love to read... I enjoy spending time with my husband and daughter, who are my most favorite people in the world.”

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