"Maybe it's better like this, better that everything should go up in a blaze of dry grass and that people should begin again."

-- Cesare Pavese

#People Quotes #Dry Quotes #Grass Quotes

“There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.”
“Isolation, not solitude, breaks men. If I could not find the means to deal with the isolation, then my options were severely limited. I began to call up memories of places, people, events, food-anything I could do to occupy my mind and remind myself that, even if I was being treated like an animal, I was still a living breathing human being.”
“J.L. Moreno was a pioneer of twentieth-century theater and psychotherapy. A remarkable work, Impromptu Man should be required reading for therapists and dramatists alike.”
“I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know”
“When we are weak, then are we strong. When most empty of self, we are most full of God.”

Source : Charles Hodge (1866). “A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians”, p.374
“Noah had 120 years to warn humanity of the flood. We have only 4-5 years until global warming is irreversible”
“The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.”

Source : "Interview: Actor Ben Whishaw on 'Cloud Atlas' + Playing Q in 'Skyfall'". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. October 31, 2012.
“You win an Oscar, and immediately people ask how you feel. So you don't have time to actually feel anything because you have to generate a response. And then some of the feelings you have are so intimate and visceral, words don't really do them justice.”

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