""Can you do Addition?" the White Queen said. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count." "She can't do Addition," the Red Queen interrupted."

-- Lewis Carroll

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“Islam to a man is like rabies to a dog”
“Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.”
“The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.”

Source : Yukio Mishima (2011). “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”, p.92, Tuttle Publishing
“I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a way to repair myself from the damages I suffered early on and to define my obligation, if I had any, to myself and my species.”

Source : New York Times, July 2, 2004.
“I think some of the most celebrated moments in human achievement should be those times when everything is going against a person and they are down in the dumps but they simply choose to get up. That's real greatness!”
“Military action without politics is like a tree without a root.”
“Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them.”
“And in most highly academic environments in the United States, no one fails anything.”

Source : Paul Tough (2012). “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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