"We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body."

-- Lucretius

#Strength Quotes #Mind Quotes #Decay Quotes

“I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'”
“I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.”
“You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?”
“Philemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people in a room, or birds in the air. Jung concluded that Philemon taught him psychic objectivity, the reality of the psyche. This helped Jung to understand that there is something in me which can say things that I do not know and do not intend.”
“Don't be too busy for each other because that is something today that I find to be incredibly unfortunate.”
“Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.”
“[George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.”
“Information is the religion of the modern world.”

Source : David Lodge (2011). “The Campus Trilogy: Changing Places; Small World; Nice Work”, p.390, Penguin

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