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“I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.”
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“It is not by change of circumstances, but by fitting our spirits to the circumstances in which God has placed us, that we can be reconciled to life and duty.”
Source : Frederick William Robertson (1871). “Sermons Preached at Brighton”, p.775
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“If there is such a thing as a universal--and I wasn't ready to throw all of mine out the window--it's that there is power in a story. And if someone pays you such a kindness as to make up a tale so you'll enjoy a gingersnap, you go along with that story and enjoy every last bite.”
Source : Clare Vanderpool (2010). “Moon Over Manifest”, p.144, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“There is nothing [that] disarms us like laughter.”
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“Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost heritage.”
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“I'm happy out of my mind. I like beating a lot of people.”
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“Art! What a concept! It saved my life! A place where you can do as you please!”
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“Life is atrocious, we know. But precisely because I expect little of the human condition, man's periods of felicity, his partial progress, his efforts to begin over again and continue, all seem to me like so many prodigies which nearly compensate for the monstrous mass of ills and defeats, of indifference and error. Catastrophe and ruin will come; disorder will triumph, but order will too, from time to time.”
Source : Marguerite Yourcenar (1954). “Memoirs of Hadrian”
