"How thin and insecure is that little beach of white sand we call consciousness. I've always known that in my writing it is the dark troubled sea of which I know nothing, save its presence, that carried me. I've always felt that creating was a fearless and a timid, a despairing and hopeful, launching out into that unknown."

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Source : Athol Fugard (1983). “Notebooks, 1960-1977”

Athol Fugard

#Beach Quotes #Writing Quotes #Dark Quotes

“Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!”

Source : Abraham Coles (1880). “The microcosm, and other poems”
“Valid criticism does you a favor.”
“No human government has a right to enquire into private opinions, to presume that it knows them, or to act on that presumption. Men are the best judges of the consequences of their own opinions, and how far they are likely to influence their actions; and it is most unnatural and tyrannical to say, "as you think, so must you act. I will collect the evidence of your future conduct from what I know to be your opinions."”

Source : Charles-James Fox (1815). “The Speeches ... in the House of Commons”, p.2
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

Source : "The Road Not Taken" l. 16 (1916)
“Many, many people hereabouts are not becoming Christians for one reason only: there is nobody to make them Christians.”
“I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would.”
“Often, there is a job - say, for a voiceover or an appearance - and you think: 'Blimey!' From the outside it would seem like you are being paid a lot for a short amount of your time. It would be inappropriate to share how much they pay, but in the industry we call it 'doing a bank raid'. Unfortunately, those jobs do not happen every week.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.”

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