"Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed."

--

Source : Samuel R. Delany (1968). “Nova”

Samuel R. Delany

#Stars Quotes #Eye Quotes

“We consume luxury. We participate in the image industry in a meaningful way, and we have a look and a background that should be taken on its own terms.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“For singing till his heaven fills, 'Tis love of earth that he instills, And ever winging up and up, Our valley is his golden cup, And he the wine which over flows To lift us with him as he goes.”
“I like extravagance. Letters which give the postman a stiff back to carry, books which overflow from their covers, sexuality which bursts the thermometers.”
“My first publication was a haiku in a children's magazine when I was 9 years old. I received one dollar for it! I gave the check to my dad for Christmas, and he framed it and hung it over his desk.”
“Art is in the process of redefining our relationships to each other ... The creative minds are bubbling, bubbling, and I know the soup that's coming up next time is going to feed a lot more of us.”
“Show business can be an addiction. ... An audience would laugh at me one night, and I would chase that high for another three months.”
“There is only one thing in your life YOU can be sure of. That one thing is this moment, now. The last moment has gone forever. The next moment has not come. YOU can become fully conscious only when you are living in the moment. To begin to live in the moment you have to know it exists and understand it. To understand it you have to observe it in relation to yourself and in relation to life. When you understand it, when you become conscious, you will see it is all that exists. To see this is to glimpse reality.”

Source : "Knowing Yourself: The True in the False". Book by Barry Long, 1996.
“I suspect that the only thing that will take Articles Two and Three out of the Irish Constitution is when the bombs begin to blow in Dublin in the way that they have been in Belfast and in London.”

Source : Sky television, July 19, 1993.

You may also like: