"I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie."

-- Carla Bruni

#Lying Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“During its development the animal passes through all stages of the animal kingdom. The foetus is a representation of all animal classes in time.”

Source : Lorenz Oken, Alfred Tulk (1847). “Elements of Physiophilosophy”, p.491
“We live in a world defined by its boundaries: You cannot travel faster than the speed of light. You must and will die. You cannot escape these boundaries. But the miracle and hope of human consciousness is that we can still conceive of boundlessness.”

Source : Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl (2014). “This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl”, p.15, Penguin UK
“Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.”
“When people are determined, they can overcome fate; when the will is unified, it can mobilize energy. Enlightened people do not even let nature put them in a set mold.”
“I feel my task is done. I feel a sense of satisfaction, ... It's the moment and I seized it.”
“People always ask me about career choices, though it rarely ever seems like any kind of choice. It's just like, I really want to do something, this is what I can do, and that's it. I'm lucky to be doing this at all.”
“Isn't it curious that narrow-minded people are often the most thickheaded?”
“It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.”

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