"My last defense / Is the present tense."

-- Gwendolyn Brooks

#Live In The Moment Quotes #Defense Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met.”
“The scariest thing about distance is that you donâ€™t know whether theyâ€™ll miss you or forget you.”
“Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.”
“If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.”
“Since you are an integral part of a social system, let every act of yours contribute to the harmonization of social life. Any action that is not related directly or remotely to this social aim disturbs your life, and destroys your unity.”
“The planets show what is happening, the signs how it is happening, and the houses where it is happening.”
“Should we now explain to UK couples who plan a family that stopping at two children, or at least having one less than first intended, is the simplest and biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet for our grandchildren?”
“Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.”

Source : "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester (Chapter 16), 1957.

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