"Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow."

-- Victor Hugo

#Giving Up Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.”
“By doing good we become good.”

Source : Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.407, eKitap Projesi
“Most of my professional work has been in these areas - as a historical critic, as a literary critic. I've done very little in the history of interpretation [as Elie Wiesel has]. I've been interested in it, but I have not contributed to that field, really.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“Hereâ€™s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy brain I used to believe was useless â€” that is the best brain for creative writing. Words come pouring out easily while my head still feels as if it is full of ground fog, wrapped in flannel and gauze, and surrounded by a hive of humming, velvety sleep bees.”
“To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.”

Source : Weegee (1975). “Naked city”, Da Capo Pr
“All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning.”
“I'm not there to be the token sexy girl. Â I don't know that I would ever be able to pull that off. Â It's nice that those characters I've played feel uncomfortable as well because it's so much more realistic.”
“I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.”

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