"Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled by it. He may be aware exactly when and where it will occur. He may see an aura around people who are soon to die. Or he may see images of the disaster beforehand..."

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Source : Jed Rubenfeld (2011). “The Death Instinct: A Novel”, p.202, Penguin

Jed Rubenfeld

#Air Quotes #People Quotes #Energy Quotes

“You can't breathe for sheer revulsion when you keep finding the bodies of women with bamboo poles thrust up their vaginas. Even old women over 70 are constantly being raped.”

Source : John Rabe (2007). “The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe”, p.208, Vintage
“Comics can do any kind of story. It's words and pictures, the only things it can't do are sing and dance.”
“Fresh and clarifying, cool and refreshing, Lucite Green has a minty glow. Light in weight and also in tone, Lucite Green seems almost transparent.”
“Because you don't belong with him! I tried to tell you that, but you wouldn't listen, and I thought if you understood that he'd be better off without you, you'd break up with him for his own good. So I...exaggerated how easy it'd be for him to get over you, with Sabine there to step in. But I underestimated how incredibly stubborn you are" "I prefer to think of it as dedication..." I mumbled.”
“The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging from arcane theoretical considerations. It is the explanation, the only one that is tenable, of a remarkable and counter-intuitive reality.”

Source : "The Fabric of Reality". Book by David Deutsch, August 1, 1997.
“Millions of people of color still experience racism daily.”
“Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.”
“There's a level where the themes of a film are very relevant to me and also the idea of finding out how relevant one genre is to another. I think that westerns and samurai films and superhero films have a lot in common. It's just that the scale of the visuals in tentpole films can sometimes overwhelm the drama.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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