"But we're dying here."

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Janet Morris

#Risk Quotes #Dying Quotes

“When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.”
“But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagarâ€”or Graff, if it was himâ€”launch the shuttle anyway? Was catching me doing something naughty so important theyâ€™d risk a shuttle and itâ€™s crew just to catch me? I find that quiteâ€¦ flattering. Sort of like winning the Nobel Prize for scariest villain.”
“I had a very rough childhood and not a happy one and by age 15 I was an old person in many ways. I knew that I had to take care of myself, I um and I always did.”
“What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity.”
“There are things you don't want to know you can do”
“We have a complete respect for history, we respect the experiences of other countries and we have our own, but the truth is that if the Cuban revolution had not been a democracy it would not have survived.”
“Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. When they finish, they feel better. But to those without hope, whose anguish is basic and permanent, no good comes from crying. Nothing changes for them. They usually know this, but still canâ€™t help crying.”

Source : Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust”, p.103, New Directions Publishing
“The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.”

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