"To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness."

-- George Steiner

#Children Quotes #Stories Quotes #Emptiness Quotes

“...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest little desire to join the likes of Reverend Pelham at the dinner table for fourteen minutes, much less at the banquet table of Heaven eternally. Eternity is a mighty long time to be stuck with people who judge every word you say and think and condemn most of what you do. It struck me as pretty miserable company. And if Reverend Pelham was the kind of company God preferred to keep, well, I just hoped they'd be happy together.”
“Anyone who recognizes this regime [Israel] because of the pressure of the World oppressor, or because of naivetÃ© or selfishness, will be eternally disgraced and will burn in the fury of the Islamic nations.”
“We're [Iran] not dismantling anything. We are uninstalling some centrifuges and reconstructing the Arak reactor, modernizing it. . . . The remaining activities that we need undertake will not take more than several days, less than two weeks.”
“I saw my true power. The darkest power. The greatest power. ~Jaime Vegas”
“Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die.”
“Sometimes that is the best part of a hard day.”
“Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.”

You may also like:

Adolf Hitler
Former Chancellor of Germany
Frank Kermode
Literary critic
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist
Harold Bloom
Literary critic
Martin Amis
Novelist
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
Paul Celan
Poet
Susan Sontag
Writer
Walter Benjamin
Literary critic