"Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues its course in that department of my brain that is devoted to music."

-- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

#Independent Quotes #Curiosity Quotes #Brain Quotes

“Whatever else it might be, the divine is certainly the thing that imposes with maximum intensity the sensation of being alive.”

Source : Roberto Calasso (2010). “Literature and the Gods”, p.34, Vintage
“May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.”
“I'm not supposed to date you, Jenny." "That's what you said before." He leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "I didn't think this was going to be a problem. I mean, I'm pretty good at not letting someone become important to me. I have to be if I want to make it to L.A." "I understand." He laughed. "How nice of you to understand, since you're the one making it a struggle for me! It would be so easy to make you important.”

Source : Elizabeth Chandler (2010). “Dark Secrets: No Time to Die & The Deep End of Fear”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
“Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.”
“Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history”
“One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has regularly angered Church officials by making controversial ministerial appointments against the wishes of the clergy. . . . These and other actions have strained the church-state relationship almost to the breaking point. As a result, some of the bishops have advocated disestablishment.”
“I will allow only my Lord to possess my sacred lotus pond, and every night you can make blossom in me flowers of fire.”
“I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time.”

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