"Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

#Truth Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Iconoclasm Quotes

“Why is autobiography the most popular form of fiction for modern readers?”

Source : Jill Ker Conway (2011). “When Memory Speaks: Exploring the Art of Autobiography”, p.3, Vintage
“I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient.”
“Every ball that is kicked, Martin O'Neill will be literally kicking it”
“I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.”

Source : "My favourite table". Interview With Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2007.
“And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.”
“Get on with life because life gets on without you.”
“It's here, where absolute evil was perpetrated, that the will must resurface for a fraternal world, a world based on respect of man and his dignity.”
“True Christianity today is not different from primitive Christianity ... She remains what she has been since her foundation: always the same.”

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