"Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a start, he has a strong personal rhythm to vary his metrics, he is nothing. Poets mistrust philosophy. They know that once the heads are counted, each owner of a head loses his personal identify and becomes a number in some government scheme: if not as a slave or serf, at least as a party to the device of majority voting, which smothers personal views."

-- Robert Graves

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“It doesn't matter to criminals if the event is called a gun show or a flea market -- if they can buy guns.”
“The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped â€” it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.”
“Courage means willing to risk everything.”
“The state of the world, of course, is constantly changing, and so is theory.”

Source : Teresa De Lauretis (2008). “Freud's Drive: Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film: Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film”, p.3, Springer
“Courage is sustained by calling up anew the vision of the goal.”
“It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home”
“Easy there, Smurfette.”
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”

Source : "Fictional character: Sonmi-451". "Cloud Atlas", www.imdb.com. 2012.

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