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Tibet was a land where time stood still and people had not yet lost their innocence.
“A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It's like a bicycle but with emotions.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“I spent my life learning to feel less. Every day I felt less. Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field. A king does not dine while his men go hungry, nor sleep when they stand at watch upon the wall. A king does not command his men's loyalty through fear nor purchase it with gold; he earns their love by the sweat of his own back and the pains he endures for their sake. That which comprises the harshest burden, a king lifts first and sets down last. A king does not require service of those he leads but provides it to them...A king does not expend his substance to enslave men, but by his conduct and example makes them free.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
“It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
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