"There are moments of despair that come sometimes, when night sets in and a white fog presses against the windows. Then our house changes its shape, rears up and becomes a place of despair. Then fear and rage run simply--and the thought of Death as a friend. This is the simplest of thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god."

-- Stevie Smith

#Running Quotes #Night Quotes #Fog Quotes

“What was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of Christianity.”

Source : Gerald Stanley Lee (1913). “Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy”
“. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.”
“It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.”
“I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.”
“Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.”

Source : William Irwin Thompson (1987). “Gaia, a Way of Knowing: Political Implications of the New Biology”, Inner Traditions International
“I believe that Jews and Arabs can live together. It's not an easy thing but I believe we can reach an agreement.”
“I think I find it easier to live on the stage than in life,”
“I fully realize that every promise I make, the Republicans will double and the Democrats will redouble. They think this will make me vulnerable, but they don't know I have some tricks up my sleeve, along with a box of raisins to munch on while I'm waiting for the returns to come in.”

Source : "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

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