"Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control."

-- Barton Gellman

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“Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time.”

Source : Roger Angell (2015). “This Old Man: All in Pieces”, p.18, Anchor
“Currently, you are approaching each opportunity with a single possible outcome and when that doesn't happen you fool yourself that there was nothing more that you could have done.”
“Iceland sets a world-record. The United Nations asked people from all over the world a series of questions. Iceland stuck out on one thing. When we were asked what do we believe, 90% said, 'ourselves'. I think I'm in that group. If I get into trouble, there's no God or Allah to sort me out. I have to do it myself.”
“Everything on earth has happened before, nothing is new, but woe to the lovers who fail to discover a fresh blossom in every future kiss.”

Source : Jaroslav Seifert, Ewald Osers, George Gibian (1998). “The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert”, p.89, Catbird Press
“Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.”
“In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then we will not be afraid of dying. Suffering of some sort seems to be the only thing strong enough to destabilize our arrogance and our ignorance. I would define suffering very simply as whenever you are not in control.”
“Organized religions have all the facets of organized crime, except the compassion of organized crime.”
“...the voice was indisputable. It continued to swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man.”

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