"He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt."

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Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.21, The Overlook Press

Mervyn Peake

#Independence Quotes #Saws Quotes #Revolt Quotes

“If I let her in I'm doomed. It's like inviting a vampire into your house. Once you've invite them in, that's it, you're good as dead!”
“By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.”
“If youâ€™re at zero backlog, itâ€™s a whole lot easier to change priorities.”
“I grew up in East Flatbush in Brooklyn which was an intense neighbourhood filled with different West Indian cultures.”
“Lost is a mystery show, so I think that would be stripping the franchise of sort of its essential nature.”
“If you didn't know what you were trying to do, [Robert von Neumann] wouldn't say a word. He would just turn and walk away. So you very quickly learned to think that you'd better be attempting to do something in that painting class.”
“Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.”
“I believe that beyond the arena of art, the world would be a much better place if centered around a feminine perspective. The world has been really messed up by greedy white men who only work towards an agenda of personal wealth and power. It is this patriarchy of the past couple thousand years that causes so much strife. If the world was female-centered and if the dominant spirituality was based on the feminine and the earth, then human beings would know much more joy, peace, and harmony.”

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