"He does not exist here, with me, but flesh that does not exist will never die, and promises unmade are never broken."

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Haruki Murakami

#Broken Quotes #Promise Quotes #Doe Quotes

“By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.”
“There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.”
“Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of elitism, mandarinism. Open form was like common ground on which all might graze their cattle - it was not to be closed in by usurping landlords.”

Source : "Negative images" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2002.
“The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”
“All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.”
“Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.”

Source : Letter to a Member of the National Assembly, 1791.
“Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.”
“I am saying ***** hurts anyone who reads it -- garbage in, garbage out.”

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