"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times."

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Source : Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.320, Taylor & Francis

Bertolt Brecht

#Inspirational Quotes #Dark Quotes #Singing Quotes

“Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit.”
“Congress, our leaders, voted against a proposal to have a national seven day waiting period to buy a gun. I don't want to sound like a Quaker, but when you think about it, is a week a long time to wait? To see if a former mental patient is qualified to own an Uzi? Con one, will ya Congress? It takes three weeks to get a phone!”
“Our life is managed from behind the scenes: we are actors in dramas that we cannot interpret. Of almost no decisive event can we say: this was our own choosing. We happen upon careers, necessity pushing, blind inclination pulling. If we stop to think we are amazed that we should be what we are.”
“The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it.”
“Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.”
“My man prefers meat over the bone.”
“YouÂ can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes,”
“I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.”

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