"No wizard has ever made himself useful by magic, or, if they've tried, they've only made matters worse. No wizard ever stopped a war or mended a fence. It's better that they stay in their marshes, out of the way of worldly folk like farmers and soldiers and merchants and kings."

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Source : Kelly Link (2009). “Pretty Monsters”, p.34, Canongate Books

Kelly Link

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“Anger does not come easy to me. It is something I have to encourage, like a greyhound in second place.”

Source : Joe Dunthorne (2011). “Submarine”, p.33, Penguin UK
“If you're outside the path of totality eclipse, if there's any way you can get into the path of totality for the eclipse, do it. Take the day off. Take the kids out of school. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most people to see a total eclipse, and it is one of the grandest sights in all of nature. It's something you'll always remember, and you'll pass stories of it onto your grandchildren.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Eggs are very much like small boys. If you overheat them or over beat them, they will turn on you and no amount of future love will right the wrong.”

Source : FaceBook post by Irena Chalmers from Mar 28, 2013
“Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.”
“There may be women to emerge who will be able to formulate a new and possible concept that homosexual persecution and condemnation has at its roots not only social ignorance, but a philosophically active anti-feminist dogma.”
“I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others.”
“Women are young at politics, but they are old at suffering; soon they will learn that through politics they can prevent some kinds of suffering.”
“Learning to write . . . is a desperately idiosyncratic, eccentric, single-souled, lifelong quest.”

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