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“To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.”
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“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
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“But in Ward 9 the air had a real quality, it clamped itself over your face like a pad of cotton wool, soaked through with the sweet chloroform of utter sadness. - Ward 9”
― The Quantity Theory of Insanity
― The Quantity Theory of Insanity
“Wisdom is the mind's helper.
Virtue is the heart's helper.
Love is the soul's helper.
Wisdom illuminates the mind.
Hatred paralyzes the heart.
Love enriches the soul.”
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Virtue is the heart's helper.
Love is the soul's helper.
Wisdom illuminates the mind.
Hatred paralyzes the heart.
Love enriches the soul.”
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“We are instant spectators of every atrocity; we sit in our living rooms and see the murdered children, the desperate refugees. Perhaps horrific crimes are still committed in dark places, but not many; contemporary horrors are well-lit.”
― The New Killing Fields: Massacre and the Politics of Intervention
― The New Killing Fields: Massacre and the Politics of Intervention
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