"On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day's conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: 'Large coffee with milk, please."

-- Caroline Knapp

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“What is permissible is not always honorable.”
“The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service.”
“The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. Theyâ€™re right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes life richer. You feel more alive, less cocooned.”

Source : Jane Wilson-Howarth (2012). “A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas”, p.370, Bradt Travel Guides
“History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.”
“Analysis helps patients put their unconscious procedural memories and actions into words and into context, so they can better understand them. In the process they plastically retranscribe these procedural memories, so that they become conscious explicit memories, sometimes for the first time, and patients no longer need to "relive" or "reenact" them, especially if they were traumatic. (229-230)”
“There is no entity in the world that controls our lives more than the Federal Reserve System”
“The question I've asked more often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I supposed these questions storm cloud over every marriage: What are you thinking how are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?”
“What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock.”

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