"The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings."

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Source : Joyce Kilmer (1946). “Joyce Kilmer”

Joyce Kilmer

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“Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigilant always in the interests of its master to crush any half-formed desire to break away from the herd.”
“The Internet has helped atheists and agnostics coalesce as never before.”
“The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to hear reaffirmed: I am still the White Man, lord of the land, licensed to kill, and the world is still an empire at my feet.”
“There is nobody who is so enlightened that they don't need to work on themselves.”
“The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run the place.”
“If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world.”
“i realize i will never hear from dena again, and i will never call her. it gives me a chill. it is a strange thing to end a friendship, even if you know it's what you want. it's like a death; all of a sudden your experience of a person become finite.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2006). “The Wonder Spot”, p.205, Penguin
“Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason.”

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