"The song was there before me, before I came along. I just sorta came down and just sorta took it down with a pencil, but it was there before I came around."

-- Bob Dylan

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“Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get you beggars to quit begging until a little faith moves in your souls.”

Source : John G. Lake (2009). “John G. Lake On Healing”, p.32, Whitaker House
“I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear.”
“Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.”
“After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.”
“Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to fly away home. Their house is not on fire. Your roses are, with aphids, which the ladybugs are feeding on - and you can bless yourself that they have come to your rescue.”

Source : Eleanor Perenyi (2010). “Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden”, p.173, Modern Library
“Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.”
“A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.... the black communities of America must rise up as one man to halt the progression of a trend that leads inevitably to their total destruction.”

Source : Bobby Seale (1991). “Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton”, p.162, Black Classic Press
“Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence comfort me.”

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