"Oceania is vast, Oceania is expanding, Oceania is hospitable and generous, Oceania is humanity rising from the depths of brine and regions of fire deeper still, Oceania is us. We are the sea, we are the ocean."

-- Epeli Hau'ofa

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“Poetry cannot take sides except with life.”
“It seemed like this was one big Prozac nation, one big mess of malaise. Perhaps the next time half a million people gather for a protest march on the White House green it will not be for abortion rights or gay liberation, but because we're all so bummed out.”
“It's always mildly unnerving when you're hanging upside down 70 feet in the air.”
“You were talking to that niche in the wall again, Gwyneth. I saw you." "Yes, but it's my favorite bit of wall, Gordon. I'd hurt its feelings if I didn't stop and talk to it.”

Source : Kerstin Gier (2011). “Ruby Red”, p.277, Macmillan
“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.”
“Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.”
“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”
“You get lazy, you get sad. Start givin' up. Plain and simple.”

Source : James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Trilogy”, p.77, Scholastic UK

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