Source: An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory (2012), Ch. 1 : Why Do We Need Quantum Field Theory After All?
“Survivalists. Gordon felt a wave of revulsion.”
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 2, “Cyclops”, Chapter 3, “Eugene” (p. 114)
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“I would have rather felt you round my throat
Crushing out life, than waving me farewell!”
Kashmiri Song
Indian Love Lyrics (aka Garden of Kama) (1901)

“Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.”
"Sorrows Succeed". Compare: "One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, So fast they follow", William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 7.
Hesperides (1648)

“A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves.”

“The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 248
Context: It is not good for ordinary people to say, "I am He." The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
