"I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad."

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Source : Alaa Al Aswany (2009). “The Yacoubian Building: A Novel”, p.20, Harper Collins

Alaa Al Aswany

#Expectations Quotes #Slave Quotes

“One thing most of us agree on is that the universe exists (people who deny that usually follow some trade other than science), so if some theoretical particle interaction would lead ultimately to the nonexistence of the universe, then you can save a lot of electricity by not trying to demonstrate it.”

Source : Joe Haldeman (1998). “Forever Peace”, p.24, Penguin
“There is no logical reason why thoughts, which have no substance, should have so much power over you, nor is there any reason why you should become their slave”
“Whenever I meet someone new, I always ask the same question... 'So, what do you do?”
“I cut myself because you wouldn't let me cry. I cried because you wouldn't let me speak. I spoke because you wouldn't let me shine. I shone because I thought you loved me...”
“Sometimes a savage beauty lured me into the sun and I would start to love the danger a little. On these occasions I felt the reluctant love drained painfully from me as blood drains from a deep wound. The tigers lapped my love's blood and remained enemies. The inhabitants of the day laughed at the gift I wanted to bring them, and I shut myself in my inner room to escape the betrayal of their arrogant mouths.”
“You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.”
“The problems that stand in the way are not of economical or technological nature. The deepest sources of the global crisis lie inside the human personality and reflect the level of consciousness evolution of our species.”

Source : Stanislav Grof (1998). “The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness”, p.219, SUNY Press
“I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children.”

Source : "Elin Nordegren Speaks: 'I Feel Stronger Than I Ever Have'" by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, people.com. August 25, 2010.

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