"A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness."

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Source : "Essays og epistler". Book by Peter Wessel Zapffe, 1967.

Peter Wessel Zapffe

#Children Quotes #Coins Quotes #Cosmic Quotes

“Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.”
“The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Decades of providing technology in growing volume and at decreasing costs have driven great gains for developing nations, communities and people worldwide, but there is still much to do.”
“One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place. I remember going from Xboxing, jamming out on guitars and drum machines in my buddy's apartment, to a bike ride through the parks and up and down the streets all over the city, to the ocean, right into the water. I remember we were swimming outer ways and we got to a certain place where we wanted to see - or I wanted to see - how deep the water was.”
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
“Human minds are limitless, like space. It may be foolish for a person to even try toÂ deliberatelyÂ affectÂ another person's mind.”
“I glean a few times a week, and it's all about the subject line. I look for the lyrical, "Billowy Red Scarf Girl" or the funny, "Hipster Chick Who Passed Gas," the unintentionally funny, "Looking for the Hot Girl in Pink Dress," ones that immediately suggest images, "Furry Arms Under a Yellow Umbrella," or the plain odd, "Seeking Girl Who Bit Me Twice..." I don't think I've ever abandoned one... the images usually arrive fully formed in my head as soon as I read the message, and I decide whether to draw it or not.”
“The results suggest a helical structure which must be very closely packed containing probably 2, 3 or 4 coaxial nucleic acid chains per helical unit and having the phosphate groups near the outside.”

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