"The truth which may not be told, is the truth which cannot be told."

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Source : Mary Butts (1998). “Ashe of Rings, and Other Writings”, McPherson & Company

Mary Butts

#Truth Quotes #May Quotes

“When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.”
“I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. There are interesting frictions and incongruities in these places, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in the middle of either one.”

Source : Anne Fadiman (1998). “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures”, p.8, Macmillan
“The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.”
“I'm a competitive person.”
“We all know how cats feel about traveling in a car. You never see a cat with his head out the window, fur flying in the breeze. A cat is never anyone's designated driver.”

Source : Nicole Hollander (2002). “Cats with Attitude: Two Volumes in One Collection : Everything Here is Mine · My Cat's Not Fat, He's Just Big-boned”, Gramercy
“To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.”

Source : Almanac (1941) p. 77
“The first principle of aid is respect.”

Source : "Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!". TED Talks, www.ted.com. September 2012.
“Listen at me. The end is almost never far off any time at all!”

Source : J. California Cooper (2011). “Family”, p.104, Anchor

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