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Jose Saramago quote: "That night the blind man dreamt that he was blind."
That night the blind man dreamt that he was blind. Jose Saramago
To tell you the truth - mind, this is strictly between ourselves, please; I shouldn't like your wife to know I said it - the women folk don't understand these things; but between you and me, you know, I think it does a man good to swear. Jerome K. Jerome
2. "HOW COULD anything originate out of its opposite? For example, truth out of error? or the Will to Truth out of the will to deception? or the generous deed out of selfishness? or the pure sun-bright vision of the wise man out of covetousness? Such genesis is impossible; whoever dreams of it is a fool, nay, worse than a fool; things of the highest value must have a different origin, an origin of THEIR own—in this transitory, seductive, illusory, paltry world, in this turmoil of delusion and... Friedrich Nietzsche
Terry Prachett quote: "A man of power and responsibility nevertheless needs somebody..."
A man of power and responsibility nevertheless needs somebody to tell him when he is being a bloody fool. Terry Prachett
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened Winston Churchill
With hidden powers of unknown extent apparently at his disposal, Curwen was not a man who could safely be warned to leave town. H. P. Lovecraft
There was something demoniacal and insuperable about typographical errors, as if they were part of the natural evil that permeated man's existence, as if they had a life of their own and were determined to manifest themselves no matter what, as surely as weeds in the best-tended gardens. Patricia Highsmith
Realize this, though. Half my genes run through your body, and my selfish genome is heavily evolutionarily pre-programmed to look out for its copies. The other half is copied from the man I admire most in all the worlds and time, so my interest is doubly riveted. The artistic combination of the two, shall we say, arrests my attention. Lois McMaster Bujold
Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into him. ("The Centaur") Jose Saramago
But man is a strayed animal, and when he falls victim to doubt, if he should happen to take no further pleasure in attacking others, he turns on himself in order to inflict merciless tortures. Emile M. Cioran
His origins are become remote as is his destiny and not again in all the world’s turnings will there be terrains so wild and barbarous to try whether the stuff of creation may be shaped to man’s will or whether his own heart is not another kind of clay. Cormac McCarthy
Clive Barker quote: "What worth was a man who could not be haunted?"
What worth was a man who could not be haunted? Clive Barker
Whatever is, is in its causes just; But purblind man. Sees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link; His eyes not carrying to that equal beam. That poises all above. John Dryden
He had reached that moment in life, different for each one of us, when a man abandonds himself to his demon or to his genius, following a mysterious law which bids him either to destroy or outdo himself. Marguerite Yourcenar
Power resides where men believe it resides. No more no less.' "So power is a mummer's trick?" "A shadow on the wall,... yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow. George R. R. Martin

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