"The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all it oceans. It killed 50 million human beings, left hundreds of millions of others wounded in mind or body and materially devastated much of the heartland of civilization."

-- John Keegan

#War Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.”
“One thing that never ceases to delight me about us women, is the friendship and support that we give each other.”
“I do not want to be folded for where I am folded, there I am a lie.”
“It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness and fatigue; and the fact is that the real laziness is the cause of the apparent bustle.”
“It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.”
“Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.”

Source : Luke Rhinehart (1998). “Dice Man”, p.10, The Overlook Press
“As for meat, let me say it upfront:Humans havenâ€™t fully adapted to eating meat.”

Source : Ori Hofmekler (2007). “The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse for High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body”, p.61, Blue Snake Books
“Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.”

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