"Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation."

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Source : Siobhan Dowd (2015). “Bog Child”, p.189, Random House

Siobhan Dowd

#Dark Quotes #Water Quotes #Fierce Quotes

“Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.”
“Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it.”
“How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.”
“What has happened is that we have seen a shift in the past twenty years in the very concept of hacking. So hacking twenty years ago was a neutral, positive concept. Somebody who was a hacker was someone with advanced computer skills, which could expose vulnerabilities and could explain why systems worked well or worked badly and they were generally regarded as an asset. Over the past twenty years, a combination of media and law enforcement has changed the perception of the concept so that it has almost always, if not invariably, a pejorative sense attached.”

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“The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold.”
“Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.”
“Dartmouth Winter Carnival opens, proving once again that bitter cold is no obstacle to going completely out of control.”
“Women tend to be problem solvers. We work together.”

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