"Die while I can still remember who I am, who I used to be."

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Source : Tan Twan Eng (2013). “The Garden of Evening Mists”, p.142, Canongate Books

Tan Twan Eng

#Who I Am Quotes #Remember Quotes #Used Quotes

“I see myself as a climate change skeptic and a skeptic looks at the evidence and bases conclusions on the evidence rather than on belief. To hold the view that this is not an issue that you need to do something about, to hold the view that it's all a furphy takes belief.”
“Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them. It can have almost no other useful purpose.”

Source : Bernard Brodie (1978). “The Development of Nuclear Strategy”, University of California LA Center for
“At the same time, eroticism in the home requires active engagement and willful intent. It is an ongoing resistance to the message that marriage is serious, more work than play; and that passion is for teenagers and the immature. We must unpack our ambivalence about pleasure, and challenge our pervasive discomfort with sexuality, particularly in the context of family. Complaining of sexual boredom is easy and conventional. Nurturing eroticism in the home is an act of open defience.”
“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”
“Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win.”
“Peter swept aside Yogi Tea and Harmony Herbal Blend, though he hesitated a second over the chamomile. .... But no. Violent death demanded Earl Grey.”
“Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.”

Source : Charles R. Swindoll (1993). “The Quest for Character: Inspirational Thoughts for Becoming More Like Christ”, p.189, Harper Collins
“Come let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be loved ones and lovers. The earth shall be left to no one.”

Source : Yunus Emre, “God Permeates The Whole Wide World”

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