"Self-pity is the campsite of self-defeat; it is a dark refuge for those parts of us that would rather wallow in what cannot be than dare to explore what is possible."

-- Guy Finley

#Dark Quotes #Self Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“Usually I work with a digital camera and compose my works digitally or give them a finish on the computer, in order to make them meet my ideas perfectly.”
“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.”

Source : "Now, Where Were We?". Book by Roy Blount Jr., 1988.
“God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.”
“I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.”
“Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe 'even if there is no God.' But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.”
“Ideologies, like dogs, remain just outside the hermits door.”
“Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.”
“I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know.”

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