"[She was] a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad; thirsty for all knowledge; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not come near to her; with a blind unconscious yearning for something that would link together the wonderful impressions of this mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it."
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"Vacations for Souls [10w] When souls are bored in Heaven they vacation in Hell."
"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."
"Perhaps by now I'd come far enough that I had the guts to be afraid."
"What Children See [10w] "A spider is an octopus who lives in the desert."
"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."
"The Theist tells us that the truth is god exists,the Atheist tells us that the truth is there is no god,while the truth tells us we don't know."
"Wheels of Change Discontentment is the wheels of change.You can either add some grease to bring about change faster,or run in front of them in protest,and be crushed by them."
"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."
"...znanje u nekoj tački počinje da te ograničava, a neznanje - nikad."
"Shit Poetry [10w] Poetry without grace of expression is just so much shit."
"La lectura, asegura, ampliaría mi experiencia del mundo. Las ideas que se encuentran en los libros serios darían profundidad a mis pensamientos sobre cada decisión que tomo."
"Out-of-the-Box [10w] I march to my own drummerin a drum circle."
"Invariably, knowledge dictates life, liberty, and death, but those who have historically occupied the seats of power not only dictate what is defined as knowledge but also dictate what’s included, what’s excluded, and how it is filtered to society vis-à-vis America’s major institutions . . . particularly the educational system; ultimately, shaping the very essence of life."
"Wretched [10w] Intelligence without compassion is an invitation to a wretched life."
"It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious."
"knowledge without application is like a book that is never read' Christopher Crawford, Hemel Hempstead."
"Maybe knowledge is as fundamental, or even more fundamental than [material] reality."
"Madness [10w] Madness isn't an objective state,it is a cultural bias."
"Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth."