"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that."

-- Ursula K. Le Guin

#Suicide Quotes #Taken Quotes #Kids Quotes

“Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.”
“As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant and keep your judgments to yourself.”

Source : "Jools Holland: My family values". Interview with Maureen Patton, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.
“There are faint stars in the night sky that you can see, but only if you look to the side of where they shine. They burn too weakly or are too far away to be seen directly, even if you stare. But you can see them out of the corner of your eye because the cells on the periphery of your retina are more sensitive to light. Maybe truth is just like that. You can see it, but only out of the corner of your eye.”

Source : Janna Levin (2009). “A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines”, p.12, Anchor
“Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.”
“[I] could see how nervous everybody was in the beginning and how silent it was when we had trouble with the artificial heart [during the surgery, but later in the operation, when it was working, there were moments] of loud and raucous humor.”
“My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.”
“If we were truly created by God, why do we occasionally bite the insides of our mouths?”
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

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