"Exhaustion has a way of parting the veils between men, not so much because the effort of censoring their words exceeds them, but because weariness is the foe of volatility. Oft times insults that would pierce the wakeful simply thud against the sleepless and fatigued."

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Source : R. Scott Bakker (2012). “The White-Luck Warrior: Book Two”, p.127, The Overlook Press

R. Scott Bakker

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“The whole world knows that I am a Madridista by heart; White until the death.”
“CNN canceled all the shows I was on. They're going in a different direction, but that's their privilege. They own the business.”
“USA have got a comprehensive strategy to not only chase down the Al Qaida, wherever it exists - but to make sure that countries that harbor terrorists are held to account.”
“All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.”

Source : Ugo Betti (1964). “Struggle Till Dawn”, San Francisco, Chandler
“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.”
“For the most part, quantum theory has been of little practical value in my life.”

Source : 1997 Skating to Antarctica.
“The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.”
“Most people think that aging is irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery that allow for the reversal of aging, through correction of diet, through anti-oxidants, through removal of toxins from the body, through exercise, through yoga and breathing techniques, and through meditation.”

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