"The powers that be not only try to control events, but they try to control our memory and understanding of these events, which is part of controlling the events themselves."

-- Michael Parenti

#Memories Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Fear is the anticipation of the pain in the future. Anger is the remembrance of pain in the past. Hostility is wanting to get even.”
“Reality is a formless lure, And only when we know this Do we dare to be unreal.”

Source : Maxwell Bodenheim (1920). “Advice: A Book of Poems”
“When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.”
“For every negative, thereâ€™s a positive. Itâ€™s in everything. How you deal with life, outlook, how much energy you put into achieving something. Thatâ€™s why I detest entitlement. Anything thatâ€™s worthwhile is going to call for some sacrifice. Nothing worthwhile will come to you without a price. People think in sports, you have different rules. You really donâ€™t. Itâ€™s whatever motivates you,”
“Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.”

Source : Francis Parkman (1991). “The Oregon Trail ; The Conspiracy of Pontiac”, p.63, Library of America
“There is a reason why all things are as they are.”
“The most promising evidence bearing on reincarnation seems to come from the spontaneous cases, especially among children.”

Source : Ian Stevenson (1980). “Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation”, p.3, University of Virginia Press
“Mother Night and May The Darkness Be Merciful!”

Source : Anne Bishop (2000). “Queen of the Darkness: The Black Jewels Trilogy 3”, p.206, Penguin

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