"I had a terrible temper, after all, and though it rarely erupted, when it did it frightened me and anyone near its epicenter. It was the only crack, but a disturbing one, in the otherwise vacuum-sealed casing of my behavior."

-- Kay Redfield Jamison

#Vacuums Quotes #Cracks Quotes #Behavior Quotes

“It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.”
“In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that few people care about.”
“You don't know me yet," I said. "Rory was telling me she lives in a swamp," Charlotte said. "That's right," I said, turning up my accent a little. "These are the very first shoes I've ever owned. They sure do pinch my feet." Jerome gave a little snort.”
“The trouble with people is they don't understand people.”

Source : David Goodis (2012). “Nightfall: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.9, Library of America
“Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books”
“We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.”
“The heaviest blow which ever struck humanity was Christianity; Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew.”
“A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic medium of artistic expression.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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