"Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony."

-- Jack Kevorkian

#Agony Quotes #Want Quotes #Fear Of Death Quotes

“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leadersâ€¦and millions have been killed because of this obedienceâ€¦Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thievesâ€¦ (and) the grand thieves are running the country. Thatâ€™s our problem.”
“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”
“In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on TV. All of us watched it. I don't mean Mama and Daddy and Rocky. I mean all the colored people in America watched it, together, with one set of eyes.”
“He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.”
“You exist in time, but you belong to eternity.”
“Deep down, I believed that I was supposed to win. And if I didnâ€™t, it was because of ME.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 21, 2014
“A home life where it's so full of so many rigorous ideas about the way things should be, this word "should," I think is absolutely toxic to children. It hurts their personalities, it hurts their points of view in the world, it hurts their ability to be open and caring and curious. An element of allowance in a family, is, I think, really a positive thing.”
“Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately.”

Source : Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.106, St. Martin's Press

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