"So much beauty in the world, so few eyes to see it."

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Source : "How to Stop Time" by Anna Della Subin, www.nytimes.com. September 26, 2014.

Albert Cossery

#Eye Quotes #World Quotes #Environment Quotes

“As a teenager, I had to struggle alone to learn about myself and what it meant to be gay. Now for [48] years I've had the satisfaction of working with other gay people all across the country to get the bigots off our backs, to oil the closet door hinges, to change prejudiced hearts and minds, and to show that gay love is good for us and for the rest of the world too. It's hard work---but it's vital, and it's gratifying, and it's often fun!”
“Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.”
“We are at a punctuation point in human history where the Industrial Age and institutions have finally come to their logical conclusion. They have essentially run out of gas.”
“God loves me enough to let me go through all the lessons I came here to learn, even the ones that hurt the most. His presence doesn't deny me. It's always there to help me see and understand what I came to this planet to learn.”
“All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.”
“Left wing, right wing, I am wingless and tired of trying to fly. Here comes the ground.”
“The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.”
“After Auschwitz, I no longer cry at funerals.”

Source : Charlotte Delbo (1995). “Auschwitz and After”, p.339, Yale University Press

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