"The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb."

-- Rene Magritte

#Bombs Quotes #Atoms Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes

“A Composition on the Piano”
“In times of adversity - for the country we love - Maryland always chooses to move forward. Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we move forward or back: this too is a choice.”
“The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors; Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search; Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.”
“It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time Iâ€™ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming.”
“An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.”

Source : John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.4, Harvard University Press
“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

Source : Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate (2010). “The Book of English Magic”, p.400, The Overlook Press
“Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness”
“The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.”

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