"The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death"

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Fear Quotes #Men Quotes #Modern Quotes

“If my hair gets any frizzier, I'll shave it to the scalp. Or light it on fire. Whichever is easier.”

Source : Victoria Scott (2014). “Fire & Flood”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.
“Editing is the same as quarreling with writers â€” same thing exactly.”
“It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves. Another tool to cause misery in our district. A way to plant hatred between the starving workers [of the Seam] and those who can generally count on supper and thereby ensure we will never trust one another.”
“Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.”
“The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.”
“Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and evil alloted to each life.”
“However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I donâ€™t mean fight with the power of our fists or the power of our swordsâ€¦I mean the power of our brains and our thoughts and our dreams. And as small and quiet and unimportant as our fighting may look, perhaps we might all work togetherâ€¦and break out of the prisons of our own making. Perhaps we might be able to keep this fierce and beautiful world of ours as free for all of us as it seemed to be on that blue afternoon of my childhood.”

Source : "How To Train Your Dragon: How To Speak Dragonese". Book by Cressida Cowell, 2017.
“Forgiving presupposes remembering.”

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