"Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm."

-- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

#Numbness Quotes #Violence Quotes #Calm Quotes

“When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.”

Source : Anzia Yezierska (2014). “Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience”, p.6, Courier Corporation
“My heart belongs to you,' He promised. 'Would you have loved me when I was a girl?' 'I have always loved you. Even before I met you I loved the idea of you.”

Source : John Landis (2005). “Terrorism Subdues Now Save the Planet”, p.95, Trafford Publishing
“It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.”
“After approximately two decades and several billion dollars....Among the various types of cancer that account for 78% of the incidence..the upward trend in survival rates has not exceeded a few %....a far gloomier picture than has been generally conveyed to a hopeful public by our leading cancer research institutions...A generally passive lay press has been the means of transmission.”
“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”

Source : "The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical". Book by Shane Claiborne, 2006.
“Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.”

Source : "Sophie Thompson: 'I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I'd find the funny bits'". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2011.
“The next time you pick up a camera think of it not as an inflexible and automated robot, but as a flexible instrument which you must understand to properly use. An electronic and optical miracle creates nothing on its own! Whatever beauty and excitement it can represent exist in your mind and spirit to begin with.”
“Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.”

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