Eugène Ionesco
Man is driven by evil instincts that are often stronger than moral laws.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
truth in writing
William Trevor
Truth is the most important thing that there is, and if you lose sight of it, your writing will be destroyed in the end.
Truth is the most important thing that there is, and if you lose sight of it, your writing will be destroyed in the end.
Friday, October 19, 2012
life
Archibald MacLeish
As one grows older and realizes what a lonely and uncertain place the world is one comes to value above everything else those evidences of human fortitude and dignity and virtue which it has, sometimes, to show.
from a letter to Henrietta Crosby dated Dec. 12, 1929
As one grows older and realizes what a lonely and uncertain place the world is one comes to value above everything else those evidences of human fortitude and dignity and virtue which it has, sometimes, to show.
from a letter to Henrietta Crosby dated Dec. 12, 1929
Thursday, October 18, 2012
self esteem
Allen Ginsberg
We is not ignoramuses.
from a letter to Carolyn Kizer dated Sept. 10, 1956
We is not ignoramuses.
from a letter to Carolyn Kizer dated Sept. 10, 1956
Sunday, October 14, 2012
stupidity
Anthony Burgess
Stupidity itself could be classified as an aspect of evil, since intelligence was required to work out, to the satisfaction of the individual soul, a rough and ready guide to moral action.
Stupidity itself could be classified as an aspect of evil, since intelligence was required to work out, to the satisfaction of the individual soul, a rough and ready guide to moral action.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
the right woman
James Ellroy
...she makes me afraid to die, in case there's no heaven and we won't be together in the afterlife. If a woman can do that, you've found the right woman.
...she makes me afraid to die, in case there's no heaven and we won't be together in the afterlife. If a woman can do that, you've found the right woman.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
being human
Maya Angelou
I agree with Terence. Terence said ... I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. ... This man, not born white, not born free, without any chance of ever receiving citizenship, said, I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. Well, I believe that. ... So I never have been very concerned about the world telling me how successful I am. I don’t need that.
I agree with Terence. Terence said ... I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. ... This man, not born white, not born free, without any chance of ever receiving citizenship, said, I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. Well, I believe that. ... So I never have been very concerned about the world telling me how successful I am. I don’t need that.
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