"As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind to resist the blandishments of the enemies of promise. The sirens of ad-land sang sweetly and seductively, but I thought of Odysseus lashing himself to the mast of his ship, and somehow stayed on course."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Pride Quotes #Dedication Quotes #Self Quotes

“The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.”
“Though it was bright sunshine everyone felt suddenly cold. The only two people present who seemed to be quite at their ease were Aslan and the Witch herself. It was the oddest thing to see those two faces - the golden face and the dead-white face so close together. Not that the Witch looked Aslan exactly in his eyes; Mrs Beaver particularly noticed this.”
“Suffrage is the pivotal right.”
“Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”
“The best way to learn is to teach”
“I really wanted to talk to her. I just couldn't find an algorithm that fit.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.213, Head of Zeus
“Perhaps we don't want to come face to face with the unsurrendered areas of our lives. We like our lives just as they are, even if it is less than God's best.”
“They can call or e-mail, too, but I'd rather see the bug.”

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