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Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities? ↗

— George Phillips Bond

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The only certainties in life are “time” and “change.” The question you must ask yourself: is now the time to change? ↗

— Doug Pedersen

#quotes-by-doug-pedersen #tuina-breath #change

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#authority #life #rules #society #life

When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is "So it goes. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#death #excerpt #favourite-quote #life #novel

I never liked the influence of others when it came to feelings. I rather went through the painful process of analyzing everything half to death. ↗

— Erika M. Szabo

#indie-author #romance-novels #death

When I die I hope it may be said: 'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#death #writing #death

Silent moments are valuable! They give you a good opportunity to design new paths in your life! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#design

Historically, America has answered to a higher authority. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

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No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#characters #chekhov #created #emphasis #less

No authority is higher than reality. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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