“The joy of writing.
The power of preserving.
Revenge of a mortal hand.”
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Wisława Szymborska 92
Polish writer 1923–2012Related quotes

“The secret of joy is: To know the world and its evil powers … and still preserve the hope.”
Joy: Share it! p.54.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

version in original Dutch / citaat van Bilders' brief, in het Nederlands: Om het sentiment van het grijze, zelfs in het krachtigste groen, te houden is verbazend moeylijk, en die het uitvindt is een gelukkig sterveling.
Quote from Gerard Bilders in his letter (July 1860) to his maecenas Johannes Kneppelhout; as cited in Dutch Art in the Nineteenth Century – 'The Hague School; Introduction' https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dutch_Art_in_the_Nineteenth_Century/The_Hague_School:_Introduction, by G. Hermine Marius, transl. A. Teixera de Mattos; publish: The la More Press, London, 1908
1860's

17 U.S. (4 Wheaton) 316, 426
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Context: This great principle is that the Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme; that they control the Constitution and laws of the respective States, and cannot be controlled by them. From this, which may be almost termed an axiom, other propositions are deduced as corollaries, on the truth or error of which, and on their application to this case, the cause has been supposed to depend. These are, 1st. That a power to create implies a power to preserve; 2d. That a power to destroy, if wielded by a different hand, is hostile to, and incompatible with these powers to create and to preserve; 3d. That, where this repugnancy exists, that authority which is supreme must control, not yield to that over which it is supreme.

“O! immodest mortal! Your destiny is the joy of watching the evershifting battle!”
S. Rajasekar, N.Athavan, " Ludwig Edward Boltzmann http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0609047" (7 September 2006), arXiv:physics/0609047v1 [physics.hist-ph]
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“Play on, mortal. Every god falls at a mortal’s hands. Such is the only end to immortality.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 7 (p. 208)

“I ain't a killer, but don't push me
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy.”
"Hail Mary"
1990s, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)