"We think literature is immortal, but even that decays and ultimately turns to dust."

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Source : Mick Farren (2010). “Darklost”, p.170, Macmillan

Mick Farren

#Thinking Quotes #Dust Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Success is often nothing more than moving from one failure to another with undiminished enthusiasm.”
“I can say is our point of reference - and I think that does make us different from some bands and similar to other bands too. But it's just that spirit - it's sort of like a punk spirit - but it's not punk meaning or as in like "I'm here and I'm going to get thrashy and bloody on-stage" - but, we're not going to listen to the rules and the roles already set in place. We just want to make music that is heartfelt and feels good and sounds good to our ears, and hopefully to many other's ears as well.”
“As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.”
“We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win.”
“Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.”
“The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.”
“Feelings can be like wild animals-we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage”
“I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Sam Raimi Opens “The Gift,” Discovers Suspense Indiewood-Style". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. January 16, 2001.

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