"Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place."

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Source : Paul de Man (2013). “Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism”, p.147, Routledge

Paul de Man

#Fashion Quotes #Flames Quotes #Fire Quotes

“We can be reluctant to recognize how much of our culture was literary, particularly now that so many of the institutional purveyors of literature happily have joined in proclaiming its death. A substantial number of Americans who believe they worship God actually worship three major literary characters: the Yahweh of the J Writer (earliest author of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers), the Jesus of the Gospel of Mark, and Allah of the Koran.”
“I wanted to create something that would live on forever, beyond my time, and out of that came Cashmere Mist.”
“I think that decisions should rest in the hands of the states. I'm a federalist.”
“I had an attitude problem when I was a kid. I'm not gonna lie.”
“Stealing from capitalism is not like stealing out of our own pockets. Marx and Lenin have taught us that anything is ethical, so long as it is in the interest of the proletarian class and its world revolution.”

Source : "Red Horizons: Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief". Book by Ion Mihai Pacepa, p. 47, 1987.
“When we live moment to moment, we place ourselves at the center of life, where infinite wisdom abides, rather than on the periphery, where things are forever changing and we are susceptible to the vagaries of the world. It is in our awareness each moment of our oneness with God that our inner peace and greatest strength lie.”
“Tears are words that need to be written.”
“It's never too late to reach for happiness and no matter what life has done to you, it's never too late to find it.”

Source : Kristen Ashley (2014). “The Will”, p.366, Rock Chick LLC

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