"I bleed my bones, their marrow to bestowUpon that God who knows what I would know."

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Theodore Roethke

“Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.”
“It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and frustration of sport should come from the performance itself, not the score. While he is playing, the worst thing a player can think about in terms of concentration - and therefore of success - is losing. The next worst is winning.”
“By the time writing was invented, the Greeks and Egyptians had already learned to extract opium from poppies to facilitate sleep.”

Source : Kat Duff (2014). “The Secret Life of Sleep”, p.84, Oneworld Publications
“Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.”

Source : Michael Shermer (2011). “The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths”, p.63, Macmillan
“There can only be a relationship between human beings when we accept what is, not what should be.”
“If death is the end of everything, then living is everything.”
“I'm not much of a jokester.”
“Fame attracts lunatics.”

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