John Burnside With each passing decade, history becomes less real for us, less immediate and essential to our way of life, and so, like ‘green’ nature, more of a commodity or an advertising gimmick. – John Burnside Advertising Quotes Commodity Quotes Decade Quotes Essential Quotes Gimmick Quotes Green Quotes History Quotes Life Quotes Nature Quotes Passing Quotes Real Quotes It takes a true encounter to realise that real animals, wild animals, have all but passed from our lives. In time, we will have to recognise that it is not ‘nature’ that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.
Mark Haddon I went to boarding school, and then I went to Oxford, and I know how easy it is for certain groups of people to become wholly insulated from ordinary life. – Mark Haddon
Park Yeon-mi I didn’t know people can be good. I didn’t know people are designed to be good and help one another. – Park Yeon-mi
AngerBarry Eisler Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility. – Barry Eisler
Irvin S Cobb A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. – Irvin S Cobb
Christian Nestell BoveeCourage Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. – Christian Nestell Bovee
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