"But what began in 1941 was a process of destruction not planned in advance, not organized centrally by any agency. There was no blueprint and there was no budget for destructive measures. They were taken step by step, one step at a time. Thus came about not so much a plan being carried out, but an incredible meeting of minds, a consensus - mind reading by a far-flung bureaucracy."

-- Raul Hilberg

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“The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face.”

Source : Donald Woods Winnicott (2005). “Playing and Reality”, p.149, Psychology Press
“Worst memory is when I was fighting for a living. You have to fight and train no matter how bad your injuries. This at times made the fun go away.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE.”
“God is good to all of us. He knows what we need better than we do. And just because he thinks it is better not to give you what you want right now doesn't mean he isn't answering you. You shall have what you ask for but not until the right time comes.”
“If I could say with words what my dances express, I wouldnâ€™t have a reason to dance.”
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.”

Source : Julia Margaret Cameron (1973). “Victorian photographs of famous men & fair women”, David R. Godine Publisher
“Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it, then 'immortality' is the absence of such fear. Babies are immortal. Edit out the fear, and you'll be...”
“I think the worst thing in the world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism. And courts are not military commanders.”

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