"Peace is not something you can force on anything or anyone... much less upon one's own mind. It is like trying to quiet the ocean by pressing upon the waves. Sanity lies in somehow opening to the chaos, allowing anxiety, moving deeply into the tumult, diving into the waves, where underneath, within, peace simply is."

-- Gerald May

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“Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Law-abiding Americans deserve to know that their government will not secretly tap their phones, read their medical records, access their library accounts or otherwise invade their personal lives, with no oversight or accountability. Law-abiding Americans also deserve to know that when law enforcement can show an impartial judge clear evidence of criminal activity or a threat to national security, swift and decisive action will be taken to protect the public. That is the balance we must achieve.”
“I think it is really a personal journey of purification, rather than whether something external is going to be good or bad. Anything external will always live in that polarity - a combination of good and bad.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“If any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it's Caucasians.”

Source : "‘White guilt’? Forget it: Whites have ‘done more to end’ slavery than ‘any other race,’ says Rush Limbaugh" by Clare Kim, www.msnbc.com. July 22, 2013.
“You know it's time to do the laundry when you dry off with a sneaker.”
“I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.”
“You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you.”
“I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After that, Ned Sherrin found me and brought me to the West End to do one of his shows. The work went from strength to strength, so I thought: 'This is where the world wants me; I'll stay.”

Source : "Clarke Peters: 'Lester Freamon's the guy I'd like to grow up to be'". Interview with om Lamont, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2010.

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