Quotes
Authors
Lloyd Alexander

"I saw myself. . . in the time I watched, I saw strength and frailty, pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of wisdom, a little. Of folly much. Of intentions many good ones; but many more left undone. On this alas, I saw myself a man like any other. But this too I saw . . . Alike as men may seem, each is different as flakes of snow, no two the same.You told me you had no need to seek the Mirror, knowing you were Annlaw Clay-Shaper. Now I know who I am: myself and none other. I am Taran."

-- Lloyd Alexander

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“I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.”
“The institution of taxation rests foursquare on the axiom that somebody must rule somebody else.”

Source : Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.
“If there were Satan, I would gladly sell my soul to him to prevent Sting from making another record.”
“Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer's misguided attempt to meet his or her own needs. As we regard offenders from this point of view (regardless of whether they repent and regardless of what they have done or suffered), we will be in a position to forgive them.”
“And you are mine, and you will be mine. They will not get you. - Eric from Dead and Gone”
“You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.”
“How could I think the brief years were enough To prove the reality of endless love?”

Source : Delmore Schwartz (1967). “Selected Poems (1938-1958): Summer Knowledge”, p.200, New Directions Publishing
“There are some individuals who have too strong a craving, a will, and a nostalgia for happiness ever to reach it. They always retain a bitter and passionate aftertaste, and that's the best they can hope for.”

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