Random Quotes
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When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.Albanian Proverb
Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else.Julian Jaynes, "The Origin of Consciousness"
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.Ken Keyes Jr., Handbook of Higher Consciousness
No great deed, private or public, had ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty.Leon Wieseltier, in The New Republic
A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.Lois McMaster Bujold, "The Vor Game", 1990
Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.Lois McMaster Bujold, "Shards of Honor", 1986
An honor is not diminished for being shared.Lois McMaster Bujold, "Shards of Honor", 1986
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.Baltasar Gracian
My home is not a place, it is people.Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
Our children change usLois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991