"An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply"

-- Zadie Smith

#Thinking Quotes #Essentials Quotes

“I'm pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.”
“Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.”
“The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.”
“All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears.”
“I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose.â€ ~ Haven Travis”
“My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.”
“Mount and begone. The world awaits you.”

Source : Mervyn Peake (1995). “The Gormenghast Novels”, Overlook Books
“It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best.”

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