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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction. Karel Capek

People Own Never Principle Principles Knows Personal Personal Satisfaction Whether Satisfaction

I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs. Karel Capek

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories. Karen Armstrong

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Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion. Karen Armstrong

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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past. Karen Armstrong

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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place. Karen Armstrong

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Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. Karl Kraus

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Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. Karl Kraus

You Solitude People Would Would-Be Could Pick Ideal Avoid

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant. Karl Kraus

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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean. Karl Kraus

Better Does Than Mean Means Express

I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The book was not intended for young readers. Kate Bernheimer

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Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big. Kate Greenaway

There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words. Kate Seredy

Words Hurts Reach Heal Cannot Them Deep

I've been writing long enough to know that fiction, as a rhetorical mode, works very differently from expository writing. If an author has a specific critique about contemporary society in mind, fiction tends not to be the best means to deliver that critique. Ken Liu

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The idea that somehow the way forward is to abandon the past, to me, is preposterous and both undesirable and unrealistic. Ken Liu

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It's true that misunderstanding and lack of understanding are often themes in my fiction, but I am grateful for the moments when true understanding is achieved, especially between writer and reader. It's miraculous. Ken Liu

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Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost. Kevin Patterson

Solitude Lost Awareness Otherwise Pleasures Small Sharpens

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war. Kevin Powers

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What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school. Koren Zailckas

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones. Koren Zailckas

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Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom. L. Neil Smith

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