"In Yugoslavia we were told we were not only naive idealists in wanting war criminals to be prosecuted but that we were actually standing in the way of a ceasefire which would save more lives. The idea was that, by giving amnesty to these ruthless warmongers, you would give them an incentive to stop killing. I found that incredibly naive, never mind cynical. Having been on the ground and having met with these ruthless killers, I knew the only thing they understood was the language of force."

-- Payam Akhavan

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“What we will become depends on us”
“And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?”

Source : Owen Barfield (1973). “Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning”, p.67, Wesleyan University Press
“A single note, held in an amber suspension of time, like a charcoal drawing of Icarus falling. It was sad and fierce all at once, alive with a lonely purity. It went on and on, until my own lungs were burning. â€œWhat bird are you calling?â€ I asked finally, when I couldnâ€™t stand it any longer. The Bird Man stopped whistling. He grinned, so that I could see all his pebbly teeth. â€œYou.”
“I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then Id go baseball, and then Id go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.”
“I have a tendency to really stuff things. I don't really express, you know? Like, express certain feelings and stuff.”

Source : "Rehab Helps Jack Osbourne Get To Root Of Addiction Problems". www.mtv.com. July 03, 2003.
“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.”
“If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book.”

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