"The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians."

-- William Ralph Inge

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“A man loves a woman so much, he asks her to marry - to change her name, quit her job, have and raise his babies, be home when he gets there, move where his job is. You can hardly imagine what he might ask if he didn't love her.”
“My son really has the spirit of Valentine's Day. When he was in college, he used to send his mother a heart-shaped box of laundry.”
“The golden gate to peace in life is the experience of bliss, and it is easy for everyone to acquire this great glory and live it throughout life.”
“When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.”
“And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.”
“She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.”
“My job is to watch the powerful. It's a simple job description, watch powerful people and make sure they don't hurt the folks.”
“One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.”

Source : "Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books)". Book by Gaston Bachelard edited by Suzanne Bachelard, 1988.

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