#observant

Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

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#political #change

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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#every #fellow #observant #outskirts #points

Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that made the music. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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#observant #inspirational