"It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it."

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C. S. Lewis

#Honesty Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“We are all sufferers from history, but the paranoid is a double sufferer, since he is afflicted not only by the real world, with the rest of us, but by his fantasies as well.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2016). “The Paranoid Style in American Politics: An Essay: from The Paranoid Style in American Politics”, p.29, Vintage
“I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it has amused the public as well, so much the better for me.”

Source : The Idler Interview (1896), as quoted in "Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography" by Matthew Sturgis, 1999.
“Rugrats was my favorite cartoon growing up as a kid.”
“I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.”
“I started writing songs when I was eight.”
“I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess.”
“My goal with Gravity Falls is to make people as paranoid and insane as I was as a child, and I'm delighted to see it's working!”

Source : "Gravity Falls' Alex Hirsch on his show's big cliffhanger". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. March 11, 2015.
“The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.”

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