"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost."

-- Viktor Korchnoi

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“That evening she glowed. She gave off a vibration of energy that he suspected only he could detect. Do I do this to you?, he wondered, as he watched her eat. Or is this just the relief of being out from under the forbidden eye of that husband of yours?”
“There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.”

Source : "Preston Manning on the state of the conservative movement" by Aaron Wherry, www.macleans.ca. March 9, 2013.
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
“I get my inspiration from everyday life, things people my age are going through in life, good and bad experiences.”
“I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: She only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it's crushing emotionally and personally.”
“O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other.”
“And he who is forever talking about enemies / Is himself the enemy!”

Source : Christopher Logue (2015). “War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad”, p.215, Faber & Faber
“Eternal life is not a peculiar feeling inside! It is not your ultimate destination, to which you will go when you are dead. If you are born again, eternal life is that quality of life that you possess right now.”

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