We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962
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There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1866Every man is worth just so much as the things he busies himself with.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175Play, wherein persons of condition, especially ladies, waste so much of their time, is a plain instance to me that men cannot be perfectly idle; they must be doing something, for how else could they sit so many hours toiling at that which generally gives more vexation than delight to people whilst they are actually engaged in it?
—John Locke, 1693Happiness does not dwell in herds, nor yet in gold.
—Democritus, c. 420 BCTo eat is to appropriate by destruction.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.
—Margaret Atwood, 1976When you name yourself, you always name another.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1926Life is no way to treat an animal.
—Kurt Vonnegut, 2005I can’t see (or feel) the conflict between love and religion. To me they’re the same thing.
—Elizabeth Bowen, c. 1970Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1862I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
—Aldous Huxley, 1925