"I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly lead to the great and final void."

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Source : Isabelle Eberhardt (2003). “The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

Isabelle Eberhardt

#Change Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Finals Quotes

“I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can”

Source : Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.2484, e-artnow
“There's a way of life, there's a way of death. Which way are you on?”
“Thatâ€™s the great illusion of travel, of course, the notion that thereâ€™s somewhere to get to. A place where you can finally say, Ah, Iâ€™ve arrived. (Of course there is no such place. Thereâ€™s only a succession of waitings until you go home.)”
“I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so close to political power, nor that the ominous tyranny of the wise would ever come so close to being realised in the political life of a great nation like the United States. But fear is the greatest ally of tyranny.”

Source : "Noble lies and perpetual war: Leo Strauss, the neocons, and Iraq". Interview with Danny Postel, www.opendemocracy.net. October 15, 2003.
“Hmm... well that would be good, but if you plan on adding that, better include the lanczos option (for good quality).”
“In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.”
“Originality is always a strange thing. There's nothing original anymore. It's all something based on something in some way - even if it's not intentional. So that idea has been done.”

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