"That he liked to think of himself as a philosopher. That he questioned all things, even the most simple, to the extent that when someone passing him on the street raised his hat and said, 'Good day,' Litvinoff often paused so long to weigh evidence that by the time he'd settled on an answer the person had gone on his way, leaving him standing alone."

-- Nicole Krauss

#Good Day Quotes #Simple Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If I was an Arab leader I would never make [peace] with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country.”
“What I thought was so great about Rise [of the Planet of the Apes ] was that it wasn't a retelling; it was an entering of the universe at a different point. So it's Planet of the Apes. We already know the ending. There's no mystery in that! It becomes Planet of the Apes. So it's not about what is at the end; it's about how did we get there? And that enabled something that was totally fresh, which was an ape-point-of-view movie.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“The love of spectacles was the taste, or rather passion, of the Syrians: the most skilful artists were procured form the adjacent cities; a considerable share of the revenue was devoted to the public amusements; and the magnificence of the games of the theatre and circus was considered as the happiness, and as the glory, of Antioch.”
“I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity”
“One thing is certain: the arts keep you alive. They stimulate, encourage, challenge, and, most of all, guarantee a future free from boredom. They allow growth and even demand it in that time of life we call maturity but too often enter it with a childish faith that what we learned in youth is sustenance enough for the years when most men are mentally famished but won't admit itâ€”or when they are apt to curb their hunger with the sops of complacency, security, and the assurance of death.”
“One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.”
“Time has no meaning, Love will endure..”

Source : Jude Deveraux (2002). “A Knight in Shining Armor”, p.378, Simon and Schuster
“Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.”

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