"For a moment in time, a man knew me for who I was and, without reservation, loved me for who I was. How can I now live knowing no one will ever see me again in such a perfect light? Hear me as I wish to be heard? Love me as [he] loved me?"

-- Robin Maxwell

#Men Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Light Quotes

“Each year terrorist attacks kill far fewer Americans than do auto accidents, drug overdoses, or even lightning strikes. Yet in the allocation of government resources, preventing terrorist attacks takes precedence over preventing all three of the others combined. Why is that?”

Source : "Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, What Obsessing About You-Know-Who Causes Us To Miss". www.tomdispatch.com. May 7, 2017.
“I saw a study the other day showing that some atypical anti-psychotic was at least as good as mood stabilizers in preventing suicide. It's a very good thing to decrease suicide but we should care at least a little if I'm not killing myself because I feel better or if I just can't remember where I put the damn gun.”
“Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.”
“There's a lot more emphasis placed on torsion and coil and leverage. Basically, the women are being taught very much along the same lines as the men. You don't have to consider strength as a factor so much. These girls are working out like fiends. It's a trend that's going to continue.”
“Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.”
“Truth is error burned up.”

Source : Norman O. Brown (1968). “Love's Body”
“Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.”
“Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.”

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