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19 June 2005
Quote of the Day: See any good ones lately? Post em here. Mine is inside.
Here's mine: The issue isn't whether or not we are the same as the Nazis, the issue is that we aren't different enough.
--found here--Avi Schlaim, Israeli historian
In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.
-- Ernest Hemingway, "Indian Camp," 1924.
Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is.
-- Russell Banks, Continental Drift, 1985.
"When young we mourn for one woman, as we grow old, for women in general. The tragedy of life is that man is never free, but strives for what can never be. The thing most feared in dreams, always happens. My life, my love, where are they now? But the more the pain grows, the more this instinct for life somehow asserts itself. The necessary beauty in life is in giving yourself to it completely. Only later will it clarify itself and become coherent."
-Old Guy from Slackers
"I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself."
-Peter Hoeg
Is that the original use of "all in the same boat" or does it go back much farther than that?
I must confess: I adore the screentitle for MetaChat. It's the only thing I've ever read on a site addressed to no one and everyone that has drawn genuine affection from me.
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