Richard Ellmann famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.
Just to be clear, if, like Pat Robertson, you somehow missed all the evidence, all the research, the depth and breadth of all the knowledge garnered about HIV and AIDS over the past three decades, you cannot get HIV if you share towels,
Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth.
Keep a cool surface. Calm. Detached. As inside a part of you has been shattered.
There's another world out there just beyond the world we're in. It's just on the other side of that translucent, semitransparent surface.
Well, actually I don't care what surface I'm playing on.
If you love a book you tend not to follow its surface value, you follow the other things in it.
Surface cures are not going to get rid of the torment that's inside.

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