"Texas mystique (has been) created by the chemistry of the frontier in the crucible of history and forged into an enduring state of heart and mind."

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Source : T. R. Fehrenbach (2014). “Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans”, p.4, Open Road Media

T. R. Fehrenbach

#Heart Quotes #Texas Quotes #Crucible Quotes

“Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.”
“The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.”
“Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy - common clay, if you like - eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can't imagine dead. And then there are the others - the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes”
“American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.”
“Being disabled doesn't mean you have a disadvantage”
“Live and die your own way, unnoticed.”
“Some say God is living there [in space]. I was looking around very attentively, but I did not see anyone there. I did not detect either angels or gods....I don't believe in God. I believe in man - his strength, his possibilities, his reason.”

Source : "Lower Orbits: Remembering Gherman Titov" by Christine Spillson, therumpus.net. August 3, 2017.
“The heart can only be broken / once, like a window.”

Source : Eduardo C. Corral, “In Colorado My Father Scoured And Stacked Dishes”

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