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“Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.”
Source : Novalis (1997). “Novalis: Philosophical Writings”, p.66, SUNY Press
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“When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.”
Source : Thomas Gilovich (2008). “How We Know What Isn't So”, p.118, Simon and Schuster
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“An evening up on the Empire State roof-the strangest experience. The huge tomb in steel and glass, the ride to the 84th floor and there, under the clouds, a Hawaiian string quartet, lounge, concessions and, a thousand feet below, New York-a garden of golden lights winking on and off, automobiles, trucks winding in and out, and not a sound. All as silent as a dead city-and it looks adagio down there.”
Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
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“Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in the present day, and that's why those references are so much more powerful. I just understand that better now.”
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“Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.”
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“Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.”
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“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
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“Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.”
