"Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost."

-- Joyce Carol Oates

#Boxing Quotes #Religion Quotes #Celebration Quotes

“The idea of any social obligation [...] just the idea of it embarasses my thoughts for a day, and sometimes it's since the day before that I worry, and don't sleep well, and the real affair, when it happens, is absolutely insignificant and justifies nothing; and the case repeats itself and I never learn to learn.”
“Needing and getting donâ€™t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do.”
“Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!”
“She asks if I left a girlfriend behind when we moved. I say no, and she smiles, which just about ruins me.”
“Soon after you're dead - we're not sure how long - but not long, you'll be united with the most ecstatic love you've ever known. As one of the best things in your life was human love, this will be love, but much more satisfying, and it will last forever.”
“In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be.”
“Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically means to be continually amazed.”
“Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.”

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