"You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are."

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James Mattis

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Broken Quotes

“Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.”
“Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.”
“Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The line we draw between animals that are socially acceptable and those we find repugnant can be awfully arbitrary.”

Source : "A Love Story About... A Rat Named Mr. Tiffany" by Alexandra Harney, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2013.
“Arthur Rimbaud was a disreputable, mean, ruthless, perverse, hateful wretch. He was also one of the greatest poets who ever lived.”
“He was a wise man who invented beer.”
“As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the world has an even greateer instinct for goodness, rebirth, mercy, beauty, truth, freedom and love.”
“I tend to think that the onus is on the writer to engage the reader, that the reader should not be expected to need the writer, that the writer has to prove it. All that stuff might add up to a kind of fun in the work. I like things that are about interesting subjects, which sounds self-evident.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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