"The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge."

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Source : Thomas C. Foster (2009). “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”, p.3, Harper Collins

Thomas C Foster

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“War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.”
“Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.”
“I had to do something. A young man came into my home for protection. Is he dangerous? No. Is he a spy? No. Is he a traitor? No. He's just a Jewish teenager who wants to leave.”
“The solving of almost every crime mystery depends on something which seems, at first glance, to bear no relation whatever to the original crime.”
“...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination, but also to counteract discrimination's lingering effects. Those effects, reflective of a system of racial caste [legal segregation and discrimination] only recently ended, are evident in our work places, markets, and neighborhoods. Job applicants with identical resumes, qualifications, and interview styles still experience different receptions, depending on their race.”
“Self, listen for moment, I will speak to you.”
“Two incomplete people can't complete one another. Complete yourself and then let someone else complement you.”
“All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others.”

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