"We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Compassion Quotes #Should Quotes #Young Quotes

“I assisted with Russ [Manning] for about eleven months and my day job for 5 days a week was credit manager and paint salesman for Sherwin-Williams.”
“The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to insert it in.”

Source : Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”
“Without us here to witness, the universe is just pointless physics unfolding.”

Source : Daniel H. Wilson (2014). “Robogenesis: A Novel”, p.333, Vintage
“For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. (...) With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal.”
“It was really bizarre for me to go from being a very private and obscure person and then to be in any way on the internet - like having my picture or videos online.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world.”
“When you inhabit any of these three roles, you're reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You're always looking outside yourself, to the people and circumstances of life, for a sense of safety, security, and sanity.”
“On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try to block the enemy's way. On the ground of intersecting highways, join hands with your allies. On serious ground, gather in plunder. In difficult ground, keep steadily on the march. On hemmed-in ground, resort to stratagem. On desperate ground, fight.”

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