"Justice wields an erratic sword, grants mercy to fortunate few. Yet if man doesn't fight for her, 'tis chaos he's left to."

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Marisha Pessl

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“He looks up through blood smeared lips.”
“Zen is not â€œattainedâ€ by mirror-wiping mediation, but by â€œself-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.â€ We do not â€œcomeâ€, we â€œare.â€ Don't strive to become, but be.”
“You discover over time that music can be overwhelming. Unless the musicians involved understand this they can lose audiences. Spontaneity and improvisation are salient features but I also strive to make music that is peaceful. I want to make music that aids world peace in the same way that the people who shaped my development did.”
“Jesus has given you the power to live as He lived, which is something no earthly teacher can do.”
“Why would anyone want to turn back time? There is no meaning in regret, no point in thinking about thing I could have done. Because there is no guarantee that any decision is the right one.”
“Too much of my family has messed with drugs. Addiction might be in my genes, so I ain't never tryin' it. It's something you can't control, and I don't like things I can't control. I worked too hard to have it taken away for something stupid. I ain't gonna be laughed at the way I used to laugh at those crackheads.”
“I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.”
“When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music.”

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