"The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Lying Quotes #Dark Quotes #Narrative Quotes

“Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?”
“Sometimes, challenges and struggles are exactly what we need in our lives...May you welcome every effort, every struggle, and every challenge...May you open your wings and fly!”
“Do not tarry, do not stop, no matter what happens.”
“A Pentagon official once said the people who would actually push the button probably have never seen a person die. He said the only hope -and it's a strange thought - is if they put the button to launch the nuclear war behind a man's heart. The President, then, with a rusty knife, would have to cut out the man's heart, kill the man, to get to the button.”
“Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.”
“I love the Discovery Channel. I love all sorts of medical shows. I love a show called Diagnosis: Unknown.”
“Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.”

Source : Pliny (the Elder.) (1997). “Natural History: Books 8-11”, Loeb Classical Library
“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.”

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