"...snow is the beginning and the end of everything..."

-- Catherynne M. Valente

#Snow Quotes #Ends Quotes

“Interferometry, like surfing, is a search for the perfect wave. But physicists don't have to paddle around and wait.”
“If only. The saddest two words in any language.”

Source : Maggie Osborne (2003). “Shotgun Wedding”
“Men must attempt to develop in themselves and their children liberation from the sense of self. Men must be free from boundaries, patterns and consistencies in order to be free to think, feel and create in new ways.”
“You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.”
“You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.”

Source : Beverly Engel, 'Yrgie Engel (1994). “Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman: Wisdom and Hope for Women at Any Stage of Emotional Abuse Recovery”, Fawcett
“The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.”
“There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.”
“As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The American attempt to combine domestic democracy with such tyrannical control over foreigners is hopelessly contradictory and hypocritical. A country can be democratic or it can be imperialistic, but it cannot be both.”

Source : Chalmers Johnson (2010). “Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope”, p.34, Metropolitan Books

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