"Everything has to evolve or else it perishes."

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Source : John Knowles (1988). “A Separate Peace”, p.37, Dramatic Publishing

John Knowles

“Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Oct 19, 2011
“I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.”
“Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains terror down on the Afghan infrastructure? We are supposedly fighting them because they immorally killed innocent civilians. That made them evil. If we do the same, are we any less immoral?”

Source : "Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate - The Essential Guide for Progressives". Book by George Lakoff, 2004.
“The eco-movement is growing as people all over catch on to the need to protect our precious planet, which makes the future look really bright - and makes me really happy.”
“In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.”
“Every single morning I wake with a bang,' he said. 'It's as though the fact that I am alive is injected into me; I am a character in a fairytale, bursting with life.”
“My boy, the 'quenelles de sole' were splendid, but the peas were poor. You should shake the pan gently, all the time, like this.”
“Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.”

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