"Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

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“Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.”
“Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris should be, more than what it is. For someone else’s memories.”
“A difficulty journey is more revealing of character than any discussion or analysis.”
“Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.”

Source : "Letter from London". Personal Website, palinstravels.co.uk. September 18, 2003.
“It's not harder to hear the inner voice when you're in a relationship, but it's more of a challenge to follow it.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.”
“Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.”
“London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no apple-room, and no potting-shed, earthy and warm, with bunches of poppy heads hanging from the ceiling, and sunflower seeds in a wooden box, and bulbs in thick paper bags, and hanks of tarred string, and lavender drying on a tea-tray.”

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