"We all reconstruct our past because we wish to see how our present came to be our present - do we not?"

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Source : Robert Jackson Bennett (2014). “City of Stairs”, p.81, Broadway Books

Robert Jackson Bennett

#Past Quotes #Wish Quotes #Our Past Quotes

“The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.”
“It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.”

Source : Rebecca West (1982). “The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17”
“You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.”
“The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties - from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office.”
“Words are tricky. Sometimes you need them to bring out the hurt festering inside. If you don't, it turns gangrenous and kills you. . . . But sometimes words can break a feeling into pieces.”
“You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.”
“A positive outlook breeds success, just as a negative outlook breeds failure.”
“It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.”

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