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Quote by Vera Nazarian

“Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.”

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Vera Nazarian is an American writer born on May 25, 1966. Her works span various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and essays. She explores diverse themes such as history, culture, love, and human nature in her writing. more

“First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.”

Source: Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics

“You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?" My problems? "Yes.' And you'll give me answers? "I'll give you what I can. Don't I always?" I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some little nine foot piece of earth where they will place him, cover him with dirt, put a stone on top. Maybe in a few weeks? Maybe in a few days? I see myself sitting there alone, arms across my knees, staring into space. It won't be the same, I say, not being able to hear you talk. "Ah, talk . . . " He closes his eyes and smiles. "Tell you what. After I'm dead, you talk. And I'll listen.”

Giving Littles I Can Problem Eye Able Earth Space Answers Pieces Week Feet Arms Sitting Stones Give Me Graves Nine Hills Staring Knees His Eyes Dirt Ponds Overlooking Staring Into Space

Author:Mitch Albom

“[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.”

Should I Can Voice Demand Unique Models Conformity Should I Mold

Book:Multiculturalism

Source: Multiculturalism

“We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression.”

Humans Language Understanding Rich Identity Expression Capable Agents Defining Acquisition Human Language

Book:The Ethics of Authenticity

Source: The Ethics of Authenticity

“We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.”

Want Long Sometimes Parent Struggle Our Lives Identity Conversation Disappear Significant Dialogue Instance

Book:Philosophical Arguments

Source: Philosophical Arguments

“Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.”

Mean Done Honest Tea

Author:William S. Burroughs

“It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.”

Sin Faults Shocked

Book:Mr. Maugham Himself

Source: Mr. Maugham Himself

“Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.”

Enough Rain Stones Worn Memories Of A Geisha

Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“Thou you thrust your dagger at my eye, I will not flinch.”

Eye Thrust Daggers

Author:Lynn Flewelling

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