"We are not, and never need be, alone."

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David A. Bednar

“With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.”

Source : Samuel Beckett (2012). “Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays”, p.24, Faber & Faber
“I felt like the big geek in high school. And I still feel like a big geek.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ.”
“A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little things of interest that dot the horizon in fine weather. He reports the drifting castaway whom the ship can save. He peers through fog and storm to give warning of dangers ahead. He is not thinking of his wages or of the profits of his owners. He is there to watch over the safety and the welfare of the people who trust him.”
“I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.”
“But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.”

Source : William Robertson Smith (1907). “Religion of the Semites (Ppr)”, p.17, Transaction Publishers
“The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.”
“A library is but the soul's burial ground; it is the land of shadows. Yet one is impressed with the thought, the labor, and the struggle, represented in this vast catacomb of books. Who could dream, by the placid waters that issue from the level mouths of brooks into the lake, all the plunges, the whirls, the divisions, and foaming rushes that had brought them down to the tranquil exit? And who can guess through what channels of disturbance, and experiences of sorrow, the heart passed that has emptied into this Dead Sea of books?”

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