"Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind."

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Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.411, LSU Press

John Kennedy Toole

#Mind Quotes #Tears Quotes #Cry Quotes

“Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late.”
“The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.”
“You go see 'Timothy Green,' and tell me if it doesn't rock your world. I loved it. I loved every frame of it.”
“Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.”

Source : Dorothy Thompson (1957). “The Courage to be Happy”
“I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs.”
“Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we canâ€”working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!”
“Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.”
“You know, they say that there is a part of the human chest that it you strike it hard enough, it makes the personâ€™s heart explode. This sounds like such a lie that I have to believe itâ€™s the truth. If I were science, Iâ€™d never tell anyone where this place is. If I were science, Iâ€™d have named this place after you.”

Source : Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (2013). “Everything Is Everything”, p.68, SCB Distributors

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