"As soon as I find myself in the presence of a rich man, I cannot help looking upon him as an exceptional and beautiful being, as a sort of marvellous divinity, and, in spite of myself, surmounting my will and my reason, I feel rising, from the depths of my being, toward this rich man, who is very often an imbecile, and sometimes a murderer, something like an incense of admiration. Is it not stupid? And why? Why?"

-- Octave Mirbeau

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“If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.”
“For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.”
“A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves.”
“Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.”
“I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.”
“I that have love and no more Give you but love of you, sweet; He that hath more, let him give; He that hath wings, let him soar; Mine is the heart at your feet Here, that must love you to live.”
“When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.”
“Do you feel that you have lost your way in life? Then God Himself will show you your way. Are you utterly helpless, worn out, body and soul? Then God's eternal love is ready and willing to help you up, and revive you. Are you wearied with doubts and terrors? Then God's eternal light is ready to show you your way; God's eternal peace ready to give you peace. Do you feel yourself full of sins and faults? Then take heart; for God's unchangeable will is, to take away those sins, and purge you from those faults.”

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