"Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values."

-- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

#Revenge Quotes #Consciousness Quotes #Habit Quotes

“We are tired of the pretense that we have special privileges and the reality that we have none; of the fiction that we are queens, and the fact that we are subjects.”
“Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist.”
“It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable.”

Source : James Ramsey Ullman (1988). “Banner in the sky”
“Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors.”
“JustÂ â€¦ isnâ€™t giving up allowed sometimes? Isnâ€™t it okay to say, â€˜This really hurts, so Iâ€™m going to stop tryingâ€™?â€ â€œIt sets a dangerous precedent.â€ â€œFor avoiding pain?â€ â€œFor avoiding life.”
“I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so.”
“In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can't remember strangling him. I just sat there shocked.”
“Without virtue, happiness cannot be.”

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