"Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that is the hour spent in bed with a book after being called in the morning."

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Source : Rose Macaulay (1926). “A Casual Commentary”

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“Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.”
“I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.”
“If there is a will, there is always a way my friend”
“The international community has to overcome its differences and find solutions to the conflicts of today in South Sudan, Syria, Central African Republic and elsewhere. Non-traditional donors need to step up alongside traditional donors. As many people are forcibly displaced today as the entire populations of medium-to-large countries such as Colombia or Spain, South Africa or South Korea,”
“There's a hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music.... When you're full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should....”
“Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.”
“Ideally, travel broadens our perspectives personally, culturally, and politically. Suddenly, the palette with which we paint the story of our lives has more colors.”

Source : Rick Steves (2014). “Rick Steves Travel as a Political Act”, p.15, Avalon Travel
“It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by.”

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