"Primitive peoples tried to annul death by portraying the human body--we do it by finding substitutes for the human body. Technology instead of mysticism!"

-- Max Frisch

#Death Quotes #Technology Quotes #Body Quotes

“Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.”
“I had to prove myself to a lot of different people.”

Source : The IGN Interview, www.ign.com. July 22, 2003.
“I've always tried to write California history as American history. The paradox is that New England history is by definition national history, Mid-Atlantic history is national history. We're still suffering from that.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“Revenge is never what you think it's going to be. There's no pleasure and glory, and when it's done your grief remains. Once a man does the things you're talking about, he will never be the same, and he can never go back to who he was before. Worst of all, no matter how many enemies you kill, you are never satisfied. There is always one more who deserves it. When it becomes too easy to kill, it never ends.”
“Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.”
“The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.”

Source : Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.179, Penguin
“Not everybody, however, has a genuine sense of humor. That calls for an altruistic detachment from oneself and a mysterious sympathy with others which is felt even before they open their mouths. Only the person who has also a gift for affection can have a true sense of humor. A good laugh is a sign of love; it may be said to give us a glimpse of, or a first lesson in, the love that God bears for every one of us.”

Source : Karl Rahner (1973). “Belief today: three theological meditations”, Sheed & Ward Ltd
“We have to think bigger as writers. We have to try and change the world.”

Source : "The making of Larry Kramer's Americans" by David Leavitt, www.newyorker.com. May 19, 2015.

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