"Amid the moon and the stars, amid the clouds of the night, amid the hills which bordered on the sky with their magnificent silhouette of pointed cedars, amid the speckled patches of the moon, amid the temple buildings that emerged sparkling white out of the surrounding darkness - amid all this, I was intoxicated by the pellucid beauty of Uiko's treachery."

-- Yukio Mishima

#Stars Quotes #Moon Quotes #Night Quotes

“I think human consciousness, is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself, we are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self; an accretion of sensory, experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody is nobody. Maybe the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction, one last midnight - brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.”

Source : "True Detective". TV Series, www.npr.org. 2014.
“When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it's a wonder there isn't more of it done”
“The household has become the place where the consumption of wages takes place”
“Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.”

Source : Song: Shake, Rattle and Roll
“I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.”
“And heâ€™s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.”
“Every moment is a new beginning.”
“Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting.”

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