"The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself."

--

Source : Jonathan Carroll (2004). “Sleeping in Flame”, p.113, Macmillan

Jonathan Carroll

#Life Quotes #Real Quotes #Two Quotes

“..when I say that "he's a truly nasty man," I mean he has so thoroughly renounced everything good that he might have inside him that he's already like a corpse even though he's still alive. Because truly nasty people hate everyone, to be sure, but most of all themselves. Can't you tell when a person hates himself? He becomes a living cadaver, it numbs all his negative emotions but also all the good ones so he won't feel nauseated by who he is.”
“New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”
“Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart.”
“No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to his mind and will.”
“There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.”

Source : John D. Barrow (1999). “Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on Science, Art, and Philosophy”, Oxford University Press, USA
“I'd feel bad if I had you come into a theater and you leave feeling ripped off.”
“Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement.”

Source : Tammy Bruce (2004). “The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values”, p.79, Crown Forum
“I think everyone has the ability to be loved.”

You may also like:

Dave McKean
Illustrator
Elizabeth Hand
Writer
Graham Joyce
Writer
John Crowley
Author
Joy Fielding
Novelist
M. John Harrison
Author
Peter Straub
Author
Ramsey Campbell
Author
Steve Reich
Composer