"What war has always been is a puberty ceremony. It's a very rough one, but you went away a boy and came back a man, maybe with an eye missing or whatever but godammit you were a man and people had to call you a man thereafter."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

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“Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.”
“It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.”

Source : Manfred Von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.87, Pen and Sword
“There is a Reality which is Indivisible, One, Alone, the Source and Being of all; not a thing, nor even a mind, but pure Spirit or clear Consciousness; and we are That and nothing but That, for That is our true Nature; and the only way to find It is to look steadily within, where are to be found utmost peace, unfading joy, and eternal life itself.”
“And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.”
“You would think that everyone would leap at the chance to get rid of sin. Not so. They want relief not a cure.”
“Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.”
“Let our scars fall in love.”
“That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of me: djinn, magicians, humans...it made no difference.I'd been summoned, manhandled, shot at, captured, constricted, bossed about and generally taken for granted. And now, to cap it all, this bloke is joining in too, when all I'd been doing was quietly trying to kill him.”

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