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“Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.”
― Emil Cioran, All Gall is Divided: Aphorisms

tags: aphorism, melancholy, misery, syllogism

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“The die was cast. It was a proud day for the Milligan family as I was taken from the house. “I’m too young to go,” I screamed as Military Policemen dragged me from my pram, clutching a dummy. At Victoria Station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked “This is your enemy.” I searched every compartment, but he wasn’t on the train.”
― Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall

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“The greatest hindrance to growth in faith is comfortable living.”
― John Carey

tags: faith

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“Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.”
― Tobias Wolff, This Boy's Life

tags: political, power, rebels, tyrants

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“Later I would understand that modern industrial communities are obsessed with the importance of ‘going somewhere’ and ‘doing something with your life’. The implication is an idea I have come to hate, that staying local and doing physical work doesn’t count for much.”
― James Rebanks, The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape

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