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> What are men to rocks and mountains?
> — Jane Austen
> compassion has the word compass in it
> — sev ♊
> In the pitiless light of day we were as insignificant as the beetles I watched labouring across the sand. Only in the kindly darkness could we borrow a few square feet of desert and find homeliness within the radius of the firelight, while overhead the familiar pattern of the stars screened the awful mystery of space.
> — Wilfred Thesiger, Arabian Sands
> The grass is greenest where you water it.
> — From a friend's best man speech
> I could tell you the truth
> but you’d call me a liar
> tried to wave a white flag
> but you set it on fire
> — Sigrid, Burning Bridges
> Brushing your teeth is the only time you clean your skeleton.
> — Aurora
> You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
> — From a recent podcast about reason vs gut instinct
> As a 43-year-old, I realized last year that a FitBit, Apple Watch, or other "health" device is just a tamagatchi for an adult, except the stupid animal you're trying to keep alive is yourself.
> — Reddit user EvilEtna
> The adage that travel broadens the mind and can make you a more open-minded, tolerant person, IME is very true. For that reason, I especially like the etomology behind the Icelandic word "heimskur", which means "stupid", or ~"one who hasn't left home".
> — martin ♊
> Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
> — Goethe
> Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
> — Not Dr Seuss after all
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