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You did not come, And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb. Yet less for loss of your dear presence there Than that I thus found lacking in your make That high compassion which can overbear Reluctance for pure lovingkindness' sake Grieved I, when, as the hope-hour stroked its sum, You did not come. You love not me, And love alone can lend you loyalty; -I know and knew it. But, unto the store Of human deeds divine in all but name, Was it not worth a little hour or more To add yet this: Once you, a woman, came To soothe a time-torn man; even though it be You love not me. A Broken Appointment Thomas Hardy (1840-1928 / Dorchester / England)

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." ~Friedrich Nietzsche~

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." ~Friedrich Nietzsche~

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." ~Friedrich Nietzsche~

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche~

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." ~Friedrich Nietzsche~

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." ~Friedrich Nietzsche~

Oh my God, yes, yes we do torture, America that is, and we do it a lot, and we do it in ways that would make you sick to hear about, and we're doing it right now, all over the world, the CIA and the U.S. military, perhaps more often and more brutally than at any time in recent history and we use the exact same kind of techniques and excuses for it our numb-minded president cited as reasons we should declare war and oust the dictator of a defenseless pip-squeak nation that happened to be sitting on our oil.