"You think you know what is just and what is not. I understand. We all think we know." I had no doubt, myself, then, that at each moment each one of us, man, woman, child, perhaps even the poor old horse turning the mill-wheel, knew what was just: all creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice. "But we live in a world of laws," I said to my poor prisoner, "a world of the second-best. There is nothing we can do about that. We are fallen creatures. All we can do is to uphold the laws, all of us, without allowing the memory of justice to fade."

-- J. M. Coetzee

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“Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate.”
“Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.”

Source : James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.23, Open Road Media
“I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte.”
“When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through access to an efficient market. I actually wasn't thinking about it in terms of a social impact. It was really about helping people connect around a sphere of interest so they could do business.”
“Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.”

Source : Naomi Klein (2000). “No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies”, Vintage Canada
“We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small.”

Source : Jim Harrison (2007). “Off to the Side: A Memoir”, p.21, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I believe that a person should take an affirmative outlook. There are always problems in life, old and new, uncertainties, and unexpected contingencies. The optimal way to deal with this is not to give up in despair, but to move ahead using the best intelligence and resources that we have to overcome adversity.”

Source : "Isn't Religion Weird? Quotations for Atheists". Book by Dave Lane (p. 117), August 8, 2008.
“I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.”

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