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We have never even begun to understand a people until we have found something that we do not understand. So long as we find the character easy to read, we are reading into it our own character. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The..."
You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages--they haven't ended yet. Kurt Vonnegut
Rainer Maria Rilke quote: "What an unilateral life, when from the material of a..."
What an unilateral life, when from the material of a renunciation, we must fashion something we love. Rainer Maria Rilke
I don’t want to stand before you like a thing, shrewd, secretive. I want my own will, and I want simply to be with my will, as it goes toward action. And in the silent, sometimes hardly moving times, when something is coming near, I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone. I want to unfold. I don’t want to be folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie. Rainer Maria Rilke
Rock & roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream...The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not for music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't you die for something pretty? Lou Reed
Evan Esar quote: "Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say..."
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once. Evan Esar
Dave Eggers quote: "Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is..."
Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light. Dave Eggers
Judith Butler quote: "Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not,..."
Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something. Judith Butler
Helen Keller quote: "The richness of the human experience would lose something of..."
The richness of the human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. Helen Keller
You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow. Ray Bradbury
The first time I hung out with [David Blaine], he took me to this condemned building, and it had a pizza oven and he crawled into the pizza oven and turned the heat on to 400 degrees or something like that, and he stayed in it for I guess a half hour. He came out, and except for one or two second-degree burns, he was unscathed. You meet a lot of musicians and filmmakers and actors, but it's rare to meet someone who can step inside a pizza oven and take the heat. I was intrigued by that. Harmony Korine
How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence. E. L. Konigsburg
I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like it. In the first place, I'm sort of an atheist. I like Jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance. They annoy the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth. They were all right after Jesus was dead and all, but while He was alive, they were about as much use to Him as a hole in the head. All they did was... J. D. Salinger
John Knowles quote: "Is he using terror to keep away boredom? Does he have to try..."
Is he using terror to keep away boredom? Does he have to try to destroy something? Even as a last resort, himself? John Knowles
Saying something is 'too bad' is easy. You say you disapprove, which makes you a nice person, and then you can go about your business and not be interested anymore. It's a lot worse than 'too bad.' It's against everything decent and natural. Isaac Asimov

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