"There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Passion Quotes #Shrinking Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind of precarious slime, of surface mildew, in which a ferment is already working. A turbulent, spasmodic sap, a presage and expectation of a new way of being, breaking with mineral perpetuity and boldly exchanging it for the doubtful privilege of being able to tremble, decay, and multiply.”

Source : Roger Caillois (1985). “The writing of stones”, Univ of Virginia Pr
“Of course in show business there are two ways to play it and I am not politically correct so I am not going to get endorsements or anything like that”
“My father insisted that I learnt the Koran and encouraged me to understand the basic traditions and beliefs of Islam but without imposing any particular views. He was an overwhelming personality but open-minded and liberal.”
“If you must fail ... fail spectacularly!”
“... You have me in your mouth, you don't get anybody else. Or you don't get me." - Jericho Barrons”
“There is a limit to how much a seer wishes to see.”
“There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.”
“If you try me, I will make you famous.”

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