"The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war."

-- William Tecumseh Sherman

#War Quotes #Civil War Quotes #Fields Quotes

“I don't ever really feel that wearing my wedding ring is what determines me being married or not.”
“Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power.”

Source : Amartya Sen (2011). “Development as Freedom”, p.247, Anchor
“We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.”
“Maybe I should quit the business. There's no one left for me to love. Mama's dead. Mr. Burns couldn't care less about me. What's left?”
“I told myself, 'All I want is a normal life'. But was that true? I wasn't so sure. Because there was a part of me that enjoyed hating school, and the drama of not going, the potential consequences whatever they were. I was intrigued by the unknown. I was even slightly thrilled that my mother was such a mess. Had I become addicted to crisis? I traced my finger along the windowsill. 'Want something normal, want something normal, want something normal', I told myself.”
“I don't think independance of Catalonia would have any great positive or negative impact on the rest of the world. As an internationalist, I don't really care if they are separate from Spain or not, or whether they are even richer than they already are, as I care much more about what is happening in places such as Afghanistan, Venezuela or North Korea.”
“Do you press the "pause" button - the "until" button in life by saying "I can't be happy until..."? All this accomplishes is a delay in your entry into your innate state of happiness, which is independent of outer circumstances. So press the "play" button and rejoice in the now-ness of the moment!”
“Time went by, which is what time does, what it is.”

Source : James Sallis (2012). “Drive: The book that inspired the major film starring Ryan Gosling”, p.65, Oldcastle Books

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