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“I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.”

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Russian poet born on January 15, 1891, and died on December 27, 1938. Mandelstam is known for his unique poetic style and exquisite use of language, and is considered an important figure in 20th-century Russian literature. more

“It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Love You Arms Aging Shoulders What If Perks Perks Of A Wallflower Self Fulfillment

Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

“At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.”

Men Wise Fool Proposal Propose Stupid People Smart People Athens Athenians

Author:Alcuin

“I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They cannot be reached by a rational argument. The mind is powerless against them. Yet we have to deal with them. If we want to accomplish anything, we have to deceive them into letting us accomplish it. Or force them. They understand nothing else. We cannot expect their support for any endeavor of the intellect, for any goal of the spirit. They are nothing but vicious animals. They are greedy, self-indulgent, predatory dollar-chasers”

“My mother used to tell me when I went somewhere, "Please leave your foolishness at home." But how could I do that? It was stuck on me.”

Home Used Mother Please Stuck Foolishness

Book:I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven

Source: I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven

“Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them come through when they're ready, don't think you can plan it al out. This day will never, no matter how long you live, happen again. It is exquisitely singular. It will never again be exactly repeated.”

Thinking Long Matter Happens Today Imagine Plans Minutes Ready Rejects This Day Als

Author:Naomi Shihab Nye

“Mystery: Everything felt better before you got there than when you actually got there. When you actually got there, you didn't quite have the energy to be there.”

Energy Felt Mystery

Book:I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven

Source: I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven

“Peter glanced up at the stars and a wicked smile lit his face. "Time to play," he whispered to the stars and winked. And the stars winked back, for Peter's smile is a most contagious thing.”

Play Faces Stars Wicked Peter Lit Contagious

Author:Brom

“When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues.”

Thinking Feels Facts Bigs Democracy Issues Impossible Figures Say Anything Public Figures

Author:Thomas Friedman

“You won’t let me buy any clothes. Now you won’t let me buy a road map, either! I need to spend some money or I’m going to go crazy!”

Needs Crazy Clothes Let Me Maps Road Maps

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change, windows on the world, and (as a poet has said) "lighthouses erected in the sea of time." They are companions , teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

Mind Book Humanity Teacher Treasure Companion Print Magician Bankers Lighthouse Standstill

Author:Barbara Tuchman

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