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Jonathan Evison

"We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't remember. We are haunted by otherness, by the path not taken, by the life unlived. We are haunted by the changing winds and the ebbing tides of history. And even as our own flame burns brightest, we are haunted by the embers of the first dying fire. But mostly, said Lord Jim, we are haunted by ourselves."

Source : Jonathan Evison (2012). “West of Here”, p.465, Algonquin Books

Jonathan Evison

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“Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.”
“A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.”
“I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Do you tell me that the Bible is against our rights? Then I say that our claims do not rest upon a book written no one knows when, or by whom. Do you tell me what Paul or Peter says on the subject? Then again I reply that our claims do not rest on the opinions of any one, not even on those of Paul and Peter, . . . Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.”

Source : Ernestine Louise Rose (2008). “Mistress of herself: speeches and letters of Ernestine L. Rose, early women's rights leader”, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins”
“I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.”
“If the body can respond so decisively to music, it must in some sense be music.”
“I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.”

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