"Let us stop being afraid. Of our own thoughts, our own minds. Of madness, our own or others'. Stop being afraid of the mind itself, its astonishing functions and fandangos, its complications and simplifications, the wonderful operation of its machinery--more wonderful because it is not machinery at all or predictable."

-- Kate Millett

#Mind Quotes #Madness Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“Early bird Oh, if youâ€™re a bird, be an early bird And catch the worm for your breakfast plate. If youâ€™re a bird, be an early birdâ€” But if youâ€™re a worm, sleep late.”
“What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.”
“Paris... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail.”

Source : Edmund White (2016). “The Flaneur”, p.20, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Boxers don't have sex before a fight. Do you know why that is? They don't fancy each other...”
“It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own.”

Source : Anna Katharine Green (2003). “That Affair Next Door and Lost Man’s Lane”, p.18, Duke University Press
“In every area, we seem to have thrown everything away and embraced reality television. Its nauseating, programme after programme.”
“When you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I'm making popcorn.”
“Art derives a considerable part of its beneficial exercise from flying in the face of presumptions.”

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