"War makes men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must harden oneself against all regret, all appreciation of delicacy and sensitive values. One must live as if those values did not exist, and when the war is over one has lost the resilience to return to those values."

-- Cesare Pavese

#Appreciation Quotes #Regret Quotes #War Quotes

“You can't be too right too soon and win elections.”
“The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of humanity and to substitute for them the folk community, rooted in the soil and bound together by the bond of its common blood.”
“As art reveals the artist more than the world, so you see yourself and what you are not in the mirror of another culture.”
“How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.”
“You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.”
“One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.”

Source : Interview with Sigrid Nunez, www.believermag.com. February 2005.
“The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.”
“Nearly two and a half million people die every year that are on the voter rolls. So it takes time to get dead people off the voter rolls.”

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