"You are not doomed to reproduce what your ancestors have done. The son will not be like his father, the daughter will not be like her mother. She can invent something new. I think that is the best message of modernity."

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Source : Source: www.mantlethought.org

Pascal Bruckner

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Father Quotes

“Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do”
“Progress means simplifying, not complicating”
“Who has not first tried to get out of a tough situation before truly dealing with it?”
“Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren't taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint”
“And I want to rise up, throw my arms open for a vast embrace, address an ample, luminous discourse to the invisible crowds. I would start like this: "O rainbow-colored gods. . .”
“I feel that the only true security I have is my capacity, however limited, to love.”

Source : Lawrence W. Fagg (2009). “Pauses: Reflections on Science, Spirituality, and the Fine Art of Living”, p.23, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.”
“The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes.”

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