"... he felt himself to be one of them, who can live neither in the world nor out of it. They are a kind of sick people, whose desire for God makes them unsatisfactory citizens of an ordinary life, but whose strength or temperament fails them to surrender the world completely; and present-day society, with its hurried pace and its mechanical and technical structure, offers no home to these unhappy souls."

-- Iris Murdoch

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“Iâ€™m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And itâ€™s difficult to analyze love when youâ€™re in it.”
“I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.”
“Drualt took Freya's warm hand, Her strong hand, Her sword hand, And pressed it to his lips, Pressed it to his heart. Come with me,' he said. Come with me to battle, My love. Tarry at my side. Stay with me When battle is done. Tarry at my side. Laugh with me, And walk with me The long, long way. Tarry with me, My love, at my side.”
“Sometimes people freak out when you shoot 40 takes of something. They start looking at you like, "What did I do wrong?", and its like "No. It's not wrong. It's just that we are going to try something different."”

Source : Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 19, 2011.
“It's ninety-six degrees in the shade... Before I catch blood on my blade.”
“No, I'm afraid they might slip and hit a nerve and I'd end up with one side of my face hanging down or something. I'll just stick with this one for a while and take my chances. I'll be brave.”
“The rains are rhythmic, coming religiously in the afternoons (after lunch has been eaten but before tea, so that the nights are washed clean-black with bright pinpoints of silver starlight hanging over a restless, grateful earth).”

Source : Alexandra Fuller (2014). “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic”, p.202, Pan Macmillan
“To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.”

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