"It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion."

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Source : Rene Daumal (2003). “A Night of Serious Drinking”, p.21, The Overlook Press

Rene Daumal

#Writing Quotes #Goal Quotes #Confusion Quotes

“Flirting with death is the spice of life.”

Source : Margaret M. Lock (2002). “Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death”, p.366, Univ of California Press
“It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make one's self invincible.”
“This is my brain: O This is my brain after making out with Fang: * It's very sad.”
“You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.”
“For me, personally, skiing holds everything. I used to race cars, but skiing is a step beyond that. It removes the machinery and puts you one step closer to the elements. And it's a complete physical expression of freedom.”
“Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.”
“The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.”
“It is very hard to stay alive just for your own sake. It is very hard to stare into day after day without another familiar face staring back. It turns your heart into a purposeless muscle.”

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