"Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire."

-- John of the Cross

“My heart is a void, dead, and this makes me sad.”
“The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.”
“Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?”

Source : "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 92), 1975.
“Most of her participation in the United Nations, which [??] history, as I say, I don't take too seriously, because I know how that UN operation works, and it is essentially a facade in which the work is done back in Washington and in the capitals involved, and the people up front are just going through the motions.”
“I am actually turned off when I look at an account and donâ€™t see any selfies, because I want to know whom Iâ€™m dealing with. In our age of social networking, the selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.'”
“A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and if one of the team cannot handle the forces, everybody is going to suffer. A ritual lodge is no place for the well-meaning ineffectual.”

Source : Dion Fortune (2016). “Psychic self-defense: The Classic Instruction Manual for Protecting Yourself Against Paranormal Attack”, p.85, Dion Fortune
“Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him.”
“Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.”

Source : Amy Plum (2012). “Until I Die”, p.7, Harper Collins

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