"There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance ... some meeting, some intersection of lines; and some cowardly, hopeful geometer in my brain tells me it is the angle at which two lines prop each other up, the leaning-together from the vertical which produces the false arch. For lack of a keystone, the false arch may be as much as one can expect in this life. Only the very lucky discover the keystone."

-- Wallace Stegner

#Two Quotes #Hopeful Quotes #Brain Quotes

“What Americans were really objecting to had nothing to do with constitutional principles. their objection was not to Parliament's constitutional right to levy certain kinds of taxes as opposed to others, but to its effort to collect any.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.218, Harvard University Press
“WE ARE ALL TRAPPED in our own way of thinking, trapped in our own way of relating to people. We get so used to seeing the world our way that we come to think that the world is the way we see it.”

Source : Brian Grazer, Charles Fishman (2015). “A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life”, p.44, Simon and Schuster
“The most important thing in the Land of Israel is to build, build, build. Its important that there will be an Israeli presence everywhere. Our principal problem is still Israels leaders unwillingness to say in a simple manner that the Land of Israel belongs to the People of Israel.”
“if you tell yourself you feel fine, you will.”
“I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.”
“The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a savior is false hope.”
“I don't know whether John Roberts has a twin, perhaps a sister or, uh, someone with a Hispanic last name”
“I have a right to live my life and just be me with whoever I choose. We just do the best we can.”

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