"A promise unkept will take a man's mind."

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Source : Claire Vaye Watkins (2012). “Battleborn”, p.181, Granta Books

Claire Vaye Watkins

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“We should forgive and forget the faults of others. Anger is the enemy of every spiritual aspirant. Anger causes loss of power through every pore of our body. In circumstances when the mind is tempted to get angry, we should control ourselves and resolve firmly, 'No.' We can go to a secluded spot and chant our mantra. The mind will become quiet by itself.”
“I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.”

Source : Arthur Rimbaud (2013). “A Season in Hell”, p.27, Lulu Press, Inc
“We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.”
“If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person?”
“The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars.”
“We all deserve credit for this new surveillance state that we live in because we the people voted for the Patriot Act. Democrats and Republicans alike....We voted for the people who voted for it, and then voted for the people who reauthorized it, then voted for the people who re-re-authorize d it.”
“Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.”
“Eun Gi. Let's run away. I will go wherever you want. To where no one can find. Run away with me. Seo Eun Gi.”

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