"The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other guests painfully uncomfortable."

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Joyce Carol Oates

#Suicide Quotes #Party Quotes #Grieving Quotes

“In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has not to overcome resistance, except from nature. Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of resistance, and it seeks to fulfil this purpose by exploiting the elements of movement and surprise.”
“I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to call the plumber. I told her I would fix it and asked her to get my Richard Scarry book 'How Things Work in Busytown.' Between the picture of a toilet and the text she read to me explaining how the parts worked, I fixed it.”
“We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.”
“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.”
“[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.”

Source : Sir William Blackstone, John Fletcher Hargrave, George Sweet, Sir Richard Couch, William Newland Welsby (1852). “Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books : with an Analysis of the Work”, p.3
“The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.”
“Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white.”
“Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle.”

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