"Life was so short that it meant nothing at all unless it were continually reinforced by something that endured; unless the shadows of individual existence came and went against a background that held together."

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Source : Willa Cather (2013). “The Essential Willa Cather Collection”, p.894, eBookIt.com

Willa Cather

#Shadow Quotes #Together Quotes #Individual Quotes

“You donâ€™t have to have a boyfriend to be happy, to be pretty, or belong.”
“There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.”
“Ultimately, love is only possible for humans insofar as they can achieve some comprehension of their place and their duties and their values and their significance within the whole of life, of society, of spirituality, of history, of nature. In all merely partial or fragmentary perspectives, there necessarily remain undigested irrational factors, surds that one is merely tolerating and not truly respecting as essential and integral to the whole of what we are.”
“I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.”

Source : "Christopher Lee recorded an incredible cover of 'My Way' - let's get it in the charts" by Simon Reynolds, www.digitalspy.com. June 12, 2015.
“If we start talking about we and us, just think of how many things can actually take place and change in the world.”
“I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.”
“The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore."”
“The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a poor-spirited coward.”

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