as civilization begins to crumble

 

“We can endure neither our vices

nor the remedies needed to cure them.”

 

~ Livy ~

 

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intricacy

 

“Every day has a little bit of beauty and a little bit of chaos.”

 

~ Tanisha ~

 

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lullaby for losers

 

“Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

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a face

 

“You use a glass mirror to see your face;

you use works of art to see your soul.”

 

~ George Bernard Shaw ~

 

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revolution is forever

 

“True revolution comes from true revulsion;

when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.”

 

~ Charles Bukowski ~

 

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pure, simple nothing

 

“I love to talk about nothing.

It’s the only thing I know anything about.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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this too shall pass

 

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”

 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

 

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woman

 

“You had the power all along my dear.”

 

~ Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum) ~

 

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the doubt remains

 

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

 

~ Voltaire ~

 

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too far

 

“When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.”

 

~ Dylan Thomas ~

 

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sacrilege

 

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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citadel

 

“We are all born ignorant,

but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

 

~ Benjamin Franklin ~

 

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points of light

 

“I know there is infinity beyond ourselves.

I wonder if there is infinity within.”

 

~ Charles Lindbergh ~

 

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the fragment of a tear

 

“Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates

the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”

 

~ Carlo M. Cipolla ~

 

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love your world

 

“Reality is merely an illusion,

albeit a very persistent one.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

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too many books

 

“Psychopathia librorum…

I surround myself with the printed word.”

 

~ Sven Birkerts ~

 

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les pieds du pèlerin

 

“You never conquer a mountain.

You just stand on the top a few moments.

Then the wind blows your footprints away.”

 

~ Arlene Blum ~

 

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further

 

“There is no top.

There are always further heights to reach.”

 

~ Jascha Heifetz ~

 

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time

 

“He felt the rush of years, years wasted and years used wisely.

He felt time moving through him, as if it were a ghost,

a thing that can haunt a man’s days and nights.”

 

~ Cathie Pelletier ~

 

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immortality

 

“A book is the only immortality.”

 

~ Rufus Choate ~

 

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