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1 " Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors. "
― Andrew Boyd , Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe
2 " She was at the same table near the back where three nights ago I'd sat entranced by her songs. And where the two of us had talked like old friends. "
― Mike Bond , Killing Maine (Pono Hawkins Thrillers #2)
3 " Whereas once medieval Europe had adhered to a common Catholic religion, a common Latin language, and common well-spiced cuisine (at least, for the elite), the balkanization of the Christian world along national lines now meant that nations could no longer gather around the same table as easily as before. Even though it would take some years, the Europe-wide fashion for spices-as much as Latin-would be a casualty of Martin Luther's squabble with the bishop of Rome. "
