"And now you are and I am and we're a mystery which will never happen again."

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Source : E. E. Cummings (1997). “XAIPE”, p.69, W. W. Norton & Company

e. e. cummings

#Mystery Quotes

“It is amazing how much theory we can do without when work actually begins.”
“[About a conference on Systematic Biology] Many interesting statements were made that apply directly to the work of taxonomists. In some cases the interest lay in the value of the suggestion and sometimes in the obvious need for rebuttal.”
“Being able to play tragedy for humor rather than pity is a new trick I've learned. For a long time that's what I did with my poetry, ask people to feel sorry for me. I got sober and I realized I have to get out of the pity thing; it's not going anywhere for me. I don't want to have any self-pity.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.”
“Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.”
“The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include the whole of humanity and the vast project of life that envelops the Earth.”

Source : "‘The Empathic Civilization’: Rethinking Human Nature in the Biosphere Era" by Jeremy Rifkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.”
“One, I never get sick of talking about myself.”

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