"Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust."

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Source : Primo Levi (2005). “The Black Hole of Auschwitz”, p.157, Polity

Primo Levi

#Inspiration Quotes #Men Quotes #Dust Quotes

“Existence is this, I thought, a start of joy, a stab of pain, an intense pleasure, veins that pulse under the skin, there is no other truth to tell.”

Source : Elena Ferrante (2005). “The Days of Abandonment”, p.164, Penguin
“And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.”

Source : Samuel Daniel (1855). “Selections from the Poetical Works of Samuel Daniel: With Biographical Introd., Notes, Etc”, p.132
“A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2010). “The Judging Eye: One (The Aspect-Emperor Trilogy)”, p.169, The Overlook Press
“a mother is God's deputy on earth.”
“All I need to understand is the unwritten law of warriors," he said firmly. "And women and children are never sent to do our work without our protection." He pointed to the trees, emphatically. "That's the language I share with them.”
“The kind of precision manufacturing epitomized in the armories, while it was important, was only a small share of the economy until quite late in the century. Large-scale natural resource development and processing was the name of the game.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.
“Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.”
“You belong somewhere you feel free.”

Source : Song: Wildflowers, Album: Wildflowers, 1994

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