"Read at whim! Read at whim!"

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Source : "A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables" by Randall Jarrell, (pp. 112-113), 1962.

Randall Jarrell

#Happiness Quotes #Whim Quotes

“All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them”
“All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.”
“There is no pride on earth like the pride of intellect and science.”
“While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died, not just those fallen in service to our country.”
“The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.”

Source : Samuel Florman (2013). “The Existential Pleasures of Engineering”, p.31, Souvenir Press
“Iâ€™ve always liked edges, places where one thing becomes anotherâ€¦â€¦ transition zones, boundaries and borderlands. I like the mixing that happens, the juxtapositions, the collisions and connections. I like the way they help me see the world from a fresh angle.”
“Beware of those who say: "I know this too well to be able to express it." For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.”
“The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is another sad reminder of the extreme political polarization distorting today's politics. No one talks about a 50-state strategy for winning the presidency these days.”

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