"I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason."

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Source : "Fictional character: Klaatu". "The Day the Earth Stood Still", www.imdb.com. 1951.

Edmund H. North

#Fear Quotes #People Quotes #Reason Quotes

“The surtax payers, having been soaked, have found a way to get out of the rain.”
“The madness of the eyes is the lure of the abyss. Sirens lurk in the dark depths of the pupils as they lurk at the bottom of the sea, that I know for sure - but I have never encountered them, and I am searching still for the profound and plaintive gazes in whose depths I might be able, like Hamlet redeemed, to drown the Ophelia of my desire.”

Source : Jean Lorrain (1994). “Monsieur de Phocas”, Hippocrene Books
“It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.”
“I want to touch with my mouth. His mouth, with my mouth. Maybe his neck, too. But first things first: Make him aware I exist. Itâ€™s possible that he is already aware, if only in a â€˜don't step on the small girlâ€™ kind of way.”
“After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.36, Mondial
“I think people are intolerant of artists.”

Source : "Q&A: David Chase Beyond The Sopranos". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. October 9, 2012.
“The first year of marriage is like wet cement - the impressions made in it are much harder to change once it has set.”
“My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees.”

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