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The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day Picture Quote #1

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale Picture Quote #1

All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable Picture Quote #1

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny Picture Quote #1

A hurt body and mind aren’t just like a dictatorship; they are a dictatorship. There is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot so cruel as confusion Picture Quote #1

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to Picture Quote #1

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What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think love consists precisely of the voluntary gift by the loved object of the right to tyrannize over it Picture Quote #1

It’s not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you Picture Quote #1

Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs Picture Quote #1

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God’s anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex Picture Quote #1

I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of interfering with it Picture Quote #1

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Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others Picture Quote #1

We think we understand a song’s lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music Picture Quote #1

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs Picture Quote #1

When people are happy they have a reserve upon which to draw, whereas she was like a wheel without a tyre Picture Quote #1

I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I’m seeing we don’t live in a single song. We move from song to song, from lyric to lyric, from chord to chord. There is no ending here. It’s an infinite playlist Picture Quote #1

Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less Picture Quote #1

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He was right – she was beating herself up about hurting his feelings. The girl was a classic martyr. She’d totally been born in the wrong century. She should have lived back when she could have gotten herself fed to some lions for a good cause Picture Quote #1

I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience Picture Quote #1

Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn’t need music; lyrics do Picture Quote #1

A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face Picture Quote #1

I don’t know why men like to barbecue so much. Maybe its the only thing they can cook. Or maybe they’re just closet pyromaniacs Picture Quote #1

I found that things weren’t going well upstairs. Carter was a crumpled heap of chicken warrior on the slope of the pyramid Picture Quote #1

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I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available Picture Quote #1

Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself Picture Quote #1

Where he had failed, I would triumph. Where he had lost his way, I would find the path out of the labyrinth Picture Quote #1

I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks Picture Quote #1

It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting Picture Quote #1

Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us Picture Quote #1

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The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day (Yr Quotes) If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale (Yr Quotes) All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable (Yr Quotes) If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny (Yr Quotes) A hurt body and mind aren’t just like a dictatorship; they are a dictatorship. There is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot so cruel as confusion (Yr Quotes) Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to (Yr Quotes) What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak (Yr Quotes) I sometimes think love consists precisely of the voluntary gift by the loved object of the right to tyrannize over it (Yr Quotes) It’s not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you (Yr Quotes) Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs (Yr Quotes) As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God’s anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex (Yr Quotes) I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of interfering with it (Yr Quotes) Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others (Yr Quotes) We think we understand a song’s lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music (Yr Quotes) In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs (Yr Quotes) When people are happy they have a reserve upon which to draw, whereas she was like a wheel without a tyre (Yr Quotes) I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I’m seeing we don’t live in a single song. We move from song to song, from lyric to lyric, from chord to chord. There is no ending here. It’s an infinite playlist (Yr Quotes) Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less (Yr Quotes) He was right – she was beating herself up about hurting his feelings. The girl was a classic martyr. She’d totally been born in the wrong century. She should have lived back when she could have gotten herself fed to some lions for a good cause (Yr Quotes) I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience (Yr Quotes) Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn’t need music; lyrics do (Yr Quotes) A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face (Yr Quotes) I don’t know why men like to barbecue so much. Maybe its the only thing they can cook. Or maybe they’re just closet pyromaniacs (Yr Quotes) I found that things weren’t going well upstairs. Carter was a crumpled heap of chicken warrior on the slope of the pyramid (Yr Quotes) I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available (Yr Quotes) Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself (Yr Quotes) Where he had failed, I would triumph. Where he had lost his way, I would find the path out of the labyrinth (Yr Quotes) I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks (Yr Quotes) It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting (Yr Quotes) Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us (Yr Quotes)

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