"Human civilization has been no more than a strange luminescence growing more intense by the hour, of which no one can say when it will begin to wane and when it will fade away."

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Source : W. G. Sebald (2016). “The Rings of Saturn”, p.101, New Directions Publishing

W. G. Sebald

#Civilization Quotes #Growing Quotes #Strange Quotes

“There's one site where you can buy pictures of me for five bucks a pop.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Each man has some part to play.”

Source : Adelaide Anne Procter (1858). “Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses”, p.61
“I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.”
“Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?”
“Giving into anger destroys the soul.”
“Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart.”
“I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.”
“Nature is hieroglyphic. Each prominent fact in it is like a type; its final use is to set up one letter of the infinite alphabet, and help us by its connections to read some statement or statute applicable to the conscious world.”

Source : Thomas Starr King (1864). “The White Hills: Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry”, p.394

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