"Superstitions, bigotries, hypocrisies, prejudices, these phantoms, phantoms though they be, cling to life; they have teeth and nails in their shadowy substance, and we must grapple with them individually and make war on them without truce; for it is one of humanity's inevitabilities to be condemned to eternal struggle with phantoms."

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“How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.”
“Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes â€“ they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.”

Source : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (2010). “The Devil's Church and Other Stories”, p.13, University of Texas Press
“I distinguish two types of human beings, Love people, who love the sky and the flowers, and Power People, who are essentially sold on naked power.”
“I read a lot of articles about young women in the resistance. All of a sudden, I felt that if I go too much into this horror, then I won't be able to start as a fresh character.”

Source : "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.
“I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth.”
“The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning.”
“First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.”
“Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard.”

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