"What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?"

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Source : "On Canaan’s Side". Book by Sebastian Barry, July 22, 2011.

Sebastian Barry

#Heart Quotes #Years Quotes #Nine Quotes

“Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.”

Source : "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.
“The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.”
“The human soul finds its saddest imprisonment when it is helpless in the presence of cruelty, when it cannot right a wrong. It finds its highest freedom when it can secure justice to others.”
“We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people.”
“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”
“I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.”
“Beyond its entertainment value, 'Baywatch' has enriched and, in many cases, helped save lives. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has had such a significance for so many.”
“"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."”

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