"The great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno ."

-- Italo Svevo

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“And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.”
“What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light.”
“As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.”

Source : Dominique Moceanu (2012). “Off Balance: A Memoir”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
“I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian.”

Source : "Pioneer of Modern Native American Literature". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.
“The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up â€¦ then down â€¦ then down again cadence. My mood shifts from merely reluctant to derisive. Itâ€™s a tired reading style. Iâ€™m sick of it. It attaches more importance to the words than the words themselvesâ€”as theyâ€™ve been arrangedâ€”could possibly sustain, and it gives poets and poetry a bad name.”

Source : Gabrielle Hamilton (2011). “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef”, p.104, Random House
“We, as spiritual beings, created the physical world as a place to learn. It's our school, our playground, our artist's studio. I beleive that we're here to master the process of creation - to learn how to consciously channel the creative energy of spirit into physical form.”
“A sluggish, dawdling, and dilatory man may have spasms of activity, but he never acts continuously and consecutively with energetic quickness.”

Source : George Stillman Hillard (1864). “Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army”, p.360, Gale Cengage Learning
“"Transcending the ego" thus actually means to transcend but include the ego in a deeper and higher embrace, first in the soul or deeper psychic, then with the Witness or primordial Self, then with each previous stage taken up, enfolded, included, and embraced in the radiance of One Taste. And that means we do not "get rid" of the small ego, but rahter, we inhabit it fully, live it with verve, use it as the necessary vehicle through which higher truths are communicated. Soul and Spirit include body, emotions, and mind; they do not erase them.”

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