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1 " Some men may be unready for the coming of the genie who grants three wishes. "
― Toba Beta , Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
2 " One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards.Why is it so difficult to assemble those things that really matter in life and to dwell among them only? I am referring to certain landscapes, persons, beasts, books, rooms, meteorological conditions, fruits. In fact, I insist on it.A letter is like a poem, it leaps into life and shows very clearly the marks, perhaps I should say thumbprints, of an unwilling or unready composer. "
― James Salter , Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps
3 " A lot of us pray as if prayer is really twisting the arm of God or convincing God to do something. We think by saying more words we’ll talk God into it. We think, “If I say it one more time, God will agree with me.” That very attitude is an alienating attitude. It keeps us in the role of doing it “right” or often enough to convince an unready or unwilling God. Wrong, wrong, wrong!19 minutes ago "
― Richard Rohr
4 " I’m so drunk,” I said through the bathroom door, though it wasn’t true. I’d declared it to him in my anxiety to take pressure and responsibility off of myself for what I wanted to do next. I had already decided I at least wanted to kiss him, be held. Yet my desire surprised me. I felt the weight of shame not only on rape now, but on sex too. I was confused by it. I felt unready to hold myself responsible for the decision if I slept with him. "
― Aspen Matis , Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
5 " I felt unready to hold myself responsible for the decision if I slept with him "
6 " A journalist's job is to collect information," Ovid said to Pete. " Nope," Pete said. " That's what we do. It's not what they do." Dellarobia was unready to be pushed out of the conversation just like that. " Then what do you think the news people drive their Jeeps all the way out here for?" " To shore up the prevailing view of their audience and sponsors." " Pete takes a dim view of his fellow humans," Ovid said. " He prefers insects. Dellarobia turned her chair halfway around to face Pete, scraping noisily against the cement floor. " You're saying people only tune in to news they know they're going to agree with?" " Bingo," said Pete. "
7 " Being unready and ill-equipped is what you have to expect in life. It is the universal predicament. It is your lot as a human being to lack what it takes. Circumstances are seldom right. You never have the capacities the strength the wisdom the virtue you ought to have. You must always do with less than you need in a situation vastly different from what you would have chosen as appropriate for your special endowments. "
8 " Being unready and ill-equipped is what you have to expect in life. It is the universal predicament. It is your lot as a human being to lack what it takes. Circumstances are seldom right. You never have the capacities the strength the wisdom the virtue you ought to have. You must always do with less than you need in a situation vastly different from what you would have chosen. "
9 " Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say. "
