"Life is always struggle with eternal forces."

-- Eino Leino

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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

Source : Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.”
“An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.”
“The one good thing about not seeing you is that I can write you letters.”

Source : Svetlana Alliluyeva (2016). “Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir”, p.7, HarperCollins
“I just take a tune and play it the only way I can. That's it. I don't really dwell on it very much. Some people probably do. I can only say I play it the way I feel it.”
“Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & blinding all over the place. And crying. Her director rushes into her house, puts his arms around her & says, "I ran all the way". That's what I want.”
“It's a completely powerful and serious book, as good as anything in prose or poetry written by a 'beat' writer, and one of the most alive books written by any American for years. I don't see how it could be considered immoral.”
“It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.”

Source : John Wyndham (2003). “The Day of the Triffids”

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