"Reality is a staircase going neither up nor down, we don't move; today is today, always is today."

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Source : Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger, G. Aroul (1984). “Selected Poems”, p.26, New Directions Publishing

Octavio Paz

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“In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?”
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”

Source : Washington Irving, William Irving (1824). “Salmagundi”, p.151
“Let me tell you, I am nobody's puppet.”
“I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city.”

Source : "Alexei Sayle's Granada". Interview with York Membery, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 11, 2010.
“To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.”
“God delights in revealing Himself to you when you are bold enough to bother Him. In fact, I think He would say that the only thing that bothers Him is when you donâ€™t come to Him.”
“In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.”

Source : "The Dangerous Book for Boys". Book by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, June 2006.
“People striving for approval from others become phony.”

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