"Parents have subtle ways of humbling you, of reminding you of your origins, perhaps by showing up at the moment of your greatest glory and reminding you where you came from and demonstrating that you still have some of it between your toes."

-- Frank Pittman

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“Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.”
“I've always been open. That's made my resume. I go with what happens, and then I try to make good choices with what I get offered.”
“I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.”
“Had partition beencarried out, the history of our people would have been different and six millionJews in Europe would not have been killed---most of them would be inIsrael”
“We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.”
“On seeing the marsupials in Australia for the first time and comparing them to placental mammals: â€œAn unbeliever . . . might exclaim 'Surely two distinct Creators must have been at work'â€”
“On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.”
“In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.”

Source : "Don't Ask". Book by Donald E. Westlake, April 1993.

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