"What does long life avail? The best seats at the funerals of friends."

-- Delmore Schwartz

#Long Quotes #Funeral Quotes #Age Quotes

“In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection, you conform in word and deed, and you insist vehemently that everybody else shall think, speak, and act together. And you fix your adoring gaze upon the State, with a truly filial look, as upon the Father of the flock.”
“It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.”
“I was inspired by the androgyny of Yohji Yamanoto's designs to translate the clothing's dualities onto screen and image. I was playing with a multitude of influences for the S/S 2012 campaign, inspired by the modernist literature and architecture that is in itself a fusion of political and architectural mantras, both dreamy and concrete.”
“Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving”

Source : David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.73, Egmont UK
“It is a mistake to assume that the law should always enforce morality.”

Source : Peter Singer (2011). “Practical Ethics”, p.130, Cambridge University Press
“I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.”
“I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.”
“As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became an artist because I didn't know what to do and I thought it was really fun to make things.”

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