"He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear and I might suffer. The gods throw the dice, and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not."

-- Paulo Coelho

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“Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?”

Source : "Out of the Jungle" (1967); as quoted in "Compassion, the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism" by Victoria Moran, Wellingborough: Thorsons, (p. 31), 1985.
“Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
“I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.”
“I might hatch an idea in my comfort zone, but to bring it to reality requires bravery.”
“Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings.”
“Don't get me started on critics.”
“There are some things you only learn through experience.”
“Diversity is, by definition, discrimination. It leads to things like quotas and racial profiling.”

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