"As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our approach towards an abyss where life is either extinguished , or exhibits but a few sparks to mark its lingering presence."

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Source : Edward Forbes (1859). “The Natural History of the European Seas...”, p.26

Edward Forbes

#Gmos Quotes #Sparks Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“The biopic also wasn't a form that I necessarily believed in, because you can never really get it right, you know? It's also a form that's very popular - the straight-ahead biopic.”
“There are two kinds of people in this world: people who want to be desired, and people who want to be desired so much that they pretend they don't.”
“I've always been intrigued by things that insinuate femininity, so in my designs, something like a flower is never about the fact that it's a flower. It's more about what that repetitive motif implies.”
“If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.”
“It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born”
“...If there's a noise in the woods, and there's nobody around to hear it, is it really a noise?" "Of course it is," she replied calmly. "How did you reach that conclusion?" Beldin demanded. "Because there's no such thing as an empty place, uncle. There are always creatures around --wild animals, mice, insects, birds --and they can all hear." "But what if there weren't? What if the woods are truly empty?" "Why waste your time talking about an impossibility?”
“You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.”
“The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.”

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