"Itâ€™s all in the genesâ€: an explanation for the way things are that does not threaten the way things are. Why should someone feel unhappy or engage in antisocial behavior when that person is living in the freest and most prosperous nation on earth? It canâ€™t be the system! There must be a flaw in the wiring somewhere."

-- Louis Menand

#Unhappy Quotes #Doe Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.”
“We are not called to be safe, we are simply promised that when we are in danger, God is right there with us. And there is no better place to be than in His hands.”
“Let her (Truth) and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?”
“We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.”
“Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of Plato was sunk ... The sea would necessarily rush in from all quarters, and form what is now called the Atlantic ocean.”
“I can handle the craziness some of the time, maybe most of the time. But I know I can't handle it all of the time.”
“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
“But I end up with these bands who have players from literally all over the world.”

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