"With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right."

-- Abraham Lincoln

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“A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should I want to go back To you, Ireland, my Ireland?”

Source : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.177, Faber & Faber
“Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.”
“You know, it's one thing to say you believe. It's another thing to have your faith tested severely and come out on the other side of it still believing God.”
“Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.”
“Windy or not, a day this beautiful has to be lived. The day is bright and clear, the sky blue, and the dry air feels light. A northerly wind stirs a primal urge to move. The geese feel it, and so do I. Perhaps it is a last internal vestige from a time, long ago, when we migrated with the seasons across open plains, following the animals we pursued for food. Perhaps that is why the sight of migrating geese arrests our attention, why we feel the pull. We want to go, to travel in fresh or moody weather, taking in each newly revealed vista.”
“If you act like a rock star, you will be treated like one”
“Forget the veterans. They havent told me anything, and they better not come tell me anything, either.”
“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time...friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You can't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it!”

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