"All the decisive blows are struck left-handed."

-- Walter Benjamin

“Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?”
“Art is one of man's few serious activities.”
“Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.”
“After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude.”
“Is not life exactly what it ought to be, in a certain sense? Isn't it only the naive who find all of this baffling? If you've a notion of what man's heart is, wouldn't you say that maybe the whole effort of man on earth to build a civilization is simply man's frantic and frightened attempt to hide himself from himself?”

Source : Richard Wright (1953). “The Outsider”, New York : Harper
“Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.”
“The Lord has an ocean to give. Don't come with teaspoons.”
“I tried to talk to the ref but it is easier to get to see the Pope. If I'm in London again and I get mugged I hope the same number of people turn up to protect me. There were six police, four stewards and even a UN peace observer out there.”

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