"To this shadowy land, that knows neither sin nor redemption from sin, where evil is not moral but is only the pain residing forever in earthly things, Christ did not come. Christ stopped at Eboli."

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Source : Christ Stopped at Eboli ch. 1 (1945)

Carlo Levi

#Pain Quotes #Land Quotes #Evil Quotes

“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
“But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.”

Source : Leanda de Lisle, Leanda Lisle (2013). “Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family”, p.27, PublicAffairs
“Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.”
“It also has potential to cause problems to individuals who had nothing to do with the terrorism issue.”

Source : "Outrage over U.S. visitor registry". cnn.com. January 17, 2003.
“Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.”

Source : Henry Rollins (2000). “Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues”, 2 13 61
“He is everything, everything, everything I ever admired and wanted and couldn't have. He is everything I needed and couldn't find in real life. Of course he is. That's why I invented him.”
“Your job as CEO is to be the fastest person of the company.”

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