"I want nothing for myself... My glory is and always will be... the banner of my people, and even if I leave shreds of my life on the wayside I know that you will gather them up in my name and carry them like a flag to victory."

-- Evita Peron

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“Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.”
“He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.”
“A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words.”
“I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me.”
“A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.”
“I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as felicitous, that idea which I hope to be able to examine more closely in the light of day.”
“Nothing is born of nothing, least of all knowledge, modernity, or enlightened thought; progress is made in tiny surges, in successive laps, like an endless relay race. But there are links without which nothing would be passed on, and for that reason, they deserve the gratitude of all who benefited from them.”

Source : Amin Maalouf (2008). “Origins: A Memoir”, p.412, Macmillan
“You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.”

Source : Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.84, Penguin

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