"...I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood of loss..."

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Source : Edward Hirsch (2011). “The Living Fire”, p.78, Knopf

Edward Hirsch

#Healing Quotes #Loss Quotes #Brotherhood Quotes

“Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.”
“A man who says â€œI have learned enough and will learn no furtherâ€ should be considered as knowing nothing at all.”
“This isnâ€™t the first time Iâ€™ve faced death, and I donâ€™t intend for it to be the last,â€ I said, repeating the same words heâ€™d told me before fighting in that fateful duel. â€œIâ€™ve chosen to live a dangerous life, but itâ€™s who I am, and that wouldnâ€™t change even if weâ€™d never met.”
“I was 45 years old when I decided to learn how to surf.”
“I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.”
“We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances.”
“Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. "Immortality" may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean.”

Source : A Mathematician's Apology ch. 8 (1940)
“Today anything can be done - we have the techniques”

Source : "THE SATURDAY PROFILE; How India's Mother of Invention Built an Industry". www.nytimes.com. August 16, 2003.

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