"By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp."

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Cormac McCarthy

#Mother Quotes #Grieving Quotes #Circles Quotes

“I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen of archery or meditate or align my chakras or uncover mast incarnations...I was after something else entirely, but it wasn't in the Yellow Pages or anywhere else that I could discover.”
“Arnold Schwarzenegger is in trouble after tapes surfaced of him saying negative things about other Republicans. Actually the Schwarzenegger tapes surfaced last year, but they weren't deciphered until this week.”
“Muses had a way of killing those whom they inspired.”

Source : Katherine Neville (2015). “The Eight”, p.57, Open Road Media
“Poetry should be vital--either stirring our blood by its divine movements or snatching our breath by its divine perfection. To do both is supreme glory, to do either is enduring fame.”

Source : Augustine Birrell (1885). “Obiter Dicta ...: Carlye. On the alleged obscurity of Mr. Browning's poetry. Truth-hunting. Actors. A rogue's memoirs. The via media. Falstaff [by George Radford”
“The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy -yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible.”
“Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction.”
“There is one thing I must tell you because I just found it to be a truth . . . You must always be yourself no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”

Source : Candy Darling (2015). “Candy Darling: Memoirs of an Andy Warhol Superstar”, p.58, Open Road Media
“Only the sinner has the right to preach.”

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