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“He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. But he that is without fear is king of all the world.”
Source : Eric Rücker Eddison (1952). “The worm Ouroboros: a romance”, Del Rey
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“We don't call war hell because it is fought without restraint. It is more nearly right to say that, when certain restraints are passed, the hellishness of war drives us to break with every remaining restraint in order to win. Here is the ultimate tyranny: those who resist aggression are forced to imitate, and perhaps even to exceed, the brutality of the aggressor.”
Source : Michael Walzer (2015). “Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations”, p.50, Basic Books
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“The resurrection is God's way of getting our attention.”
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“Love is desire sustained by unfulfilment.”
Source : Angela Carter (1997). “Burning your boats: the collected short stories”, Penguin Group USA
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“About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America.”
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“Your neck. I want to kiss it.”
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“If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.”
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“Let's say tomorrow that there was a president, that we elected a president that eliminated the bulk collection of data. Let's just say it happened. What do you think would happen? People are like 'the sky would fall. We would be overrun with jihadists.' Maybe we could rely on the Constitution. Maybe we could get warrants. ... If you make the warrant specific, there's no limit to what you can get through a warrant.”