"Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release."

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Source : Georg Simmel, Otthein Rammstedt (2008). “Gesamtausgabe”

Georg Simmel

#Moments Quotes #Revelations Quotes #Secrecy Quotes

“... as long as we go on loving and working life is worth while.”

Source : Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.141, SIU Press
“We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.”
“Strength of body, strength of mind, strength of character, qualities to be admired in any person.”
“Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to take advantage of you.”
“When I awake dramatically I start off my day by reciting aloud a fan letter.”
“I have values I believe in and certain things I stand for.”
“And sometimes then he sat with us for an hour or so, sharing our limbo, listening while I read. Books from any shelf, opened at any page, in which I would start and finish anywhere, mid-sentence sometimes. Wuthering Heights ran into Emma, which gave way to The Eustace Diamonds, which faded into Hard Times, which ceded to The Woman in White. Fragments. It didn't matter. Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words, on the other hand, were a lifeline.”
“Even if you can't just snap your fingers and make a dream come true, you can travel in the direction of your dream, every single day and you can shorten the distance between the two of you.”

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