"Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature."

-- Paul Tillich

#Art Quotes #Character Quotes #Literature Quotes

“I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2010). “The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Novel”, p.316, Dell
“It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated.”
“Because we humans find stories such fascinating things, itâ€™s all too easy to get interested in the story for its own sake, and lose sight of the purpose for which we set out to use the story.”
“I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."”
“As soon as we put something into words, we devalue it in a strange way. We think we have plunged into the depths of the abyss, and when we return to the surface the drop of water on our pale fingertips no longer resembles the sea from which it comes. We delude ourselves that we have discovered a wonderful treasure trove, and when we return to the light of day we find that we have brought back only false stones and shards of glass; and yet the treasure goes on glimmering in the dark, unaltered.”
“Les MisÃ©rables etches Hugo's view of the world so deeply in the mind that it is impossible to be the same person after reading it.”
“Some men go through life absolutely miserable because, despite the most enormous achievement, they just didn't do one thing-like the architect who didn't build St Paul's. I didn't quite build St Paul's, but I stood on more mountaintops than possibly I deserved.”
“The US will increasingly see the risks of being left behind, and ten years from now they would have to start worrying about being shut out of markets because their production is dirty.”

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