"The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from disputes must put an end to all complaisance, or even good will towards one another."

-- Mary Wortley Montagu

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“My Paintings are Battles.”
“Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.”
“I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women.”
“I always work with refugees and I think they are the most amazing people and it's a privilege to spend time with them, so I will always.”
“I do really well in science, but I just don't like it. It's boring to me. My favorite class is probably Spanish - it's fun all around.”
“The boys performance was so good that I've run out of expletives to describe it.”
“Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.”

Source : Czeslaw Milosz, “You Who Wronged”
“God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in him. His dynamic enters into us and then seeks to spread outward to others until it fills the world, so that his love can truly become the dominant measure of the world.”

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