“Reading was like accumulating wisdom in a jar. The great magic was being able to bring it out again without being a bore.”
Source: The House Across the Street
“If you read only what everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
“Don't take life so serious, son...it ain't no how permanent.
--Porky Pine, June 19-24, 1950”
Source: Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Vol. 1: Through the Wild Blue Wonder
“Scuse me—gotta hurry home—left the chillun on the stove.”
Source: Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Vol. 1: Through the Wild Blue Wonder
“-Soy una inútil... soy pésima... no tengo nada de especial. No soy como los otros... no puedo hacer nada...
-Tienes razón. No eres como los demás. No necesitas destruir nada para demostrarte nada. Tú eres especial.”
Source: The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite
“Albert made of solid alligator—he heavy.”
Source: Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Vol. 1: Through the Wild Blue Wonder
“Human rights take shape and meaning when they are associated with representative government involving responsibility and duty. So far, the peace proposals do not include popular representation in the council and the assembly, and the people therefore assume no personal responsibility for anything and will therefore gain no personal rights. Commissions (stop us if we are wrong about this) cannot create human rights.”
Source: The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters
“Clare Castillejo, the specialist in governance and rights in fragile states, points out that 'women frequently bring issues to the peace-building agenda that male elites tend to overlook,' such as the inclusivity and accessibility of processes and institutions and the importance of local and informal spheres.”
Source: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
“[R]ight when it's at its hardest, right when you want to give up most, that's when your commitment to the long term is most important. Because unlike you, the people you want to help can't just leave.”
Source: Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention
“Everything happens for a reason, whether it’s something you’re excited about or hate. It’s all for a purpose in the big picture. Knowing this, relax. Enjoy the process, trusting that it will somehow be used to make you stronger in the long run. Sometimes certain events are necessary for a grander opportunity to arise.”