"The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope."

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Source : Rudolph Fisher (1990). “The City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher”, p.156, University of Missouri Press

Rudolph Fisher

#Giving Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Despair Quotes

“Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.”

Source : "Fictional character: Benjamin Braddock". "The Graduate", www.imdb.com. 1967.
“A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.”
“Leaving what feels secure behind and following the beckoning of our hearts doesn't always end as we expect or hope. We may even fail. But here's the payoff: it can also be amazing and wonderful and immensely satisfying.”
“Compared to a novel, a film is like an economy pizza where there are no olives, no ham, no anchovies, no mushrooms, and all youâ€™ve got is the dough.”
“In my vocabulary there are two bad words: art and good taste.”
“As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.”

Source : Frederick Russell Burnham, Mary Nixon Everett (1944). “Taking chances”
“The obvious reductio ad absurdum is Holocaust deniers: Should their perspective be provided, for "balance," any time someone writes about the Holocaust?”
“You wondered how you'd make it through. I wondered what was wrong with you. Because how could you give your love to someone else, yet share your dreams with me? Sometimes the only thing you're looking for, is the one thing you can't see.”

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