Michael Ignatieff : "Yes, we are a community bound together by rules of civility and reflection,
but we do not start from the same history. The truths that a grieving part of this community holds as self-evident are not self-evident to the others whose eyes are dry. We must talk about the most painful things, and we must not fear the sting of truth. There is nothing consoling about this process, but it is what the discipline of learning requires."
Stephen King : "It wouldn’t hurt to remember that the boys who shot up Columbine High School
planned to finish their day by hijacking a jetliner and flying it into — yes, that’s right — the World Trade Center. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris weren’t exactly rocket scientists, and the guys who did this didn’t have to be either. All you had to be was willing to die..."
I have taken some tiny solace in the counsel that to paralyze one's life,
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is starveling
| source : web1913 |
Starveling \Starve"ling\, n. [Starve + -ling.]
One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or
nutriment.
Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no
starveling. --Shak.
| source : web1913 |
Starveling \Starve"ling\, a.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.
| source : wn |
starveling
n : someone who is starving (or being starved)