"Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life."

-- Paul Auster

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“Kindness is a much more crushing force than anger.”
“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
“The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.”
“The winner of NXT, the winner of my heart.”
“Governance is key to a robust Health IT system.”
“I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest.”
“I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.”

Source : "Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me'". Interview With Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2010.
“Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to disarm them and even, in some cases, to employ and enjoy them. This self-knowledge opens up a whole new world before us, rich in beauty and subtlety, and frees us not only to take the best out of it, but also to give it back the best of ourselves, and, in so doing, to fulfil our potential as human beings. I don't really think it's a choice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Neel Burton from Mar 05, 2013

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