"Let the young rain of tears come, let the calm hands of grief come. It's not all as evil as you think."

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Source : Rolf Jacobsen (2001). “The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf Jacobsen”, p.17, Copper Canyon Press

Rolf Jacobsen

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“Just as the Torah and Bible teach concern for those in distress, the Koran instructs all Muslims to make caring for widows, orphans, and refugees a priority.”
“No one knows just how the idea of a soul or the supernatural started... It probably had its origin in the general laziness of mankind.”

Source : John B. Watson (2017). “Behaviorism”, p.20, Routledge
“I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.”
“I don't like writing with real people in mind.”

Source : "Laura Wade: the girl in the Tories' soup" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2010.
“Oh maturity's a wrapped up package deal so it seems And ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will Have to grow up be an adult yeah be bored and unfulfilled Oh when no ones yet explained to me exactly what's so great About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate, about meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me.”
“I am going to make America great again, guaranteed. That I can tell you.”
“Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she is to become popular, she must sink to theirs.”
“What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.”

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