"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac."

-- George Orwell

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Self Quotes

“The man who forgives pays a tremendous price - the price of the evil he forgives.”

Source : David W. Augsburger (1981). “Caring Enough to Forgive: True Forgiveness”, Baker Publishing Group
“... the student skit at Christmas contained a plaintive line: "Give us Master's exams that our faculty can pass, or give us a faculty that can pass our Master's exams."”
“I think most Republicans would rather win this election than have transformation.”
“Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must every work of art have a simultaneous presence of oneness and manyness, unity and variety?”
“Perhaps every writer who thoroughly creates a fictional world will inevitably create a mirror of his own time and yet also create a world that no one else but him has ever visited...”
“He wanted to think of words that would make some difference but there were none in any language he knew that were sufficient to the moment or that would change a single thing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kent Haruf from Dec 18, 2016
“When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.”

Source : "Fictional character: Marquise de Merteuil". "Dangerous Liaisons", www.imdb.com. 1988.
“For me personally, as I said, I want to serve my country. I've done it once, and I'm still in the army, I feel as though I should get the opportunity to do it again.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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