"The coming to consciousness is not a discovery of some new thing; it is a long and painful return to that which has always been."

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Source : Helen M. Luke (1975). “Dark wood to white rose: a study of meanings in Dante's Divine comedy”

Helen M. Luke

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“If friendship is to transpire between two people, it is important that both be in a state of availability. I have often been in the company of those who complain that they have no friends. Inevitably, I have observed that this condition was due to their own lack of availability; they were too encumbered to be able to welcome another. Such unavailability may be exterior in nature; that is, people may lack the time or the emotional energy necessary for friendship.”
“Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.”
“I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.”
“I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.”
“Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours.”
“Art exhibitions would be less censored if they were rated, G or NC-17, like movies. People in general see galleries and museums as family-appropriate excursions. Censorship is a provided system which caters to lazy parenting, which is publicly-funded and socially accepted.”
“It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.”
“When I was young, some women told me they loved me for my long eyelashes. I accepted. Later it was for my wit. Then for my power and money. Then for my talent. Then for my mind-deep. OK, I can handle all of it. The only woman who scares me is the one who loves me for myself alone. I have plans for her. I have poisons and daggers and dark graves in caves to hide her head. She can't be allowed to live. Especially if she's sexually faithful and never lies and always puts me ahead of everything and everyone.”

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