"Every man who has in his soul a secret feeling of revolt against any act of the State, of life, or of destiny, is on the verge of riot; and so soon as it appears, he begins to quiver, and to feel himself borne away by the whirlwind."

Rebellion, State, Life, Destiny, Emotion

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"Every man who has in his soul a secret feeling of revolt against any act of the State, of life, or of destiny, is on the verge of riot; and so soon as it appears, he begins to quiver, and to feel himself borne away by the whirlwind."

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"Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much."

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"Where are you going?" she called after me, her voice mocking. "What's waiting for you out there?" "Nothing!" I shouted at her. "No one!"

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Maya Angelou, American Poet

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Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"I am like a dead begoniahanging upside down because like a dead begonia I don't give a fuck."

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"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."

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"I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all."

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"On coming out of the chapel, a well can be seen on the left. There are two in this yard. You ask, Why is there no bucket and no pulley to this one? Because no water is drawn from it now. Why is no more water drawn from it? Because it is full of skeletons."

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"I propose a toast to mirth; be merry! Let us complete our course of law by folly and eating! Indigestion and the digest. let Justinian be the male, and Feasting, the female! Joy the depths! Live, O creation! The world is a great diamond. I am happy. The birds are astonishing. What a festival everywhere! The nightingale is a gratuitous Elleviou.Summer, I salute thee!"

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"There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war, there is only just and unjust war."

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"Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night."

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