"Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them."

-- Howard Hodgkin

#Lying Quotes #Passion Quotes #Next Quotes

“Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the night, or you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. Every time you try to put your finger on it, it slips away. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them...”
“A true friend is a light in the dark. Viven”

Source : Kate Morton (2013). “The Secret Keeper: A Novel”, p.37, Simon and Schuster
“What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to make a people extinct. The idea is the crime.”

Source : Philip Gourevitch (2015). “We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Picador Classic”, p.142, Pan Macmillan
“I wanted to say something brilliant. My God, Holmes, how did you know the zombie was hiding in the flower pot? But I couldn't lie.”
“There's biology in everything, even when you're feeling spiritual.”
“Wisdom comes from reflection.”
“I guess I'm up to about 70% of normal, which is a real relief. My doctor gave me clearance to go out in public again, so I've been able to go to the store and help out a little bit around the house.”
“The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.”

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