"Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?"

-- Rachel Carson

#Home Quotes #Circles Quotes #Insanity Quotes

“The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.”
“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.”
“Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.”
“What if what has been said one time not only does not cease to be said but always recommences, and not only recommences but also imposes upon us the idea that nothing has ever truly begun, having from the beginning begun by beginning again.”

Source : Maurice Blanchot (1993). “The Infinite Conversation”, p.343, U of Minnesota Press
“Being born in Jamaica, race was never an issue. It was always about the type of person I wanted to be, not the colour of my skin.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.”
“Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you mean agnostic? I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one...etc., etc. It's easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal and that it's an opinion I hold seriously.”
“I am always thirsting for beautiful, beautiful, beautiful music. I wish I could make it. Perhaps there isn't any music on earth like what I picture to myself.”

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