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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Life Quotes ( old minds)

Jonathan Swift
Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade, 1988

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Is a shift from a system leading to chronic wars, social injustice, and

ecological imbalance to one of peace, social justice, and ecological bal-ance a realistic possibility? -Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade,

1988


William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, 1929

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Because no battle is ever won, he said. They are not even fought. The

field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an

illusion of philosophers and fools. -William Faulkner, The Sound and

the Fury, 1929


Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven, 1971

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He had grown up in a country run by

politicians who sent the pilots to man the

bombers to kill the babies to make the world

safe for children to grow up in.

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven, 1971


Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, 1969

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We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those

freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. My God, my God-I said to myself,

"It's the Children's Crusade."-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five,

1969


Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 1726

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A soldier is a yahoo hired to kill in cold blood as many of his own

species, who have never offended him, as possibly he can. -Jonathan

Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 1726

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