"There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't reach, or touch, the real. You just see reflections"

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Source : Douglas Sirk, Lucy Fischer (1991). “Imitation of Life”, p.228, Rutgers University Press

Douglas Sirk

#Real Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Glasses Quotes

“Hedi was and is still misspelled 'Heidi,' and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age.”
“Religion is the yeast of death cakes. It is the most awful agent on a vulnerable mind. It's the refuge of alienated and lonely people. It's what people had before television. It yokes people together into an imaginary world. It is just people talking to their imaginary friends, at length. I wouldn't mind, but some of the people are world leaders.”
“Oh! that fear When the heart longs to know, what it is death to hear.”

Source : George Croly (1830). “The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Croly”, p.209
“I think that Sarah Palin really missed the chance to educate the public on what some of the challenges her son is actually facing.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“In New York people don't go to the theatre - they go to see hits.”
“Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.”
“I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.”
“And when the fog's over and the stars and the moon come out at night it'll be a beautiful sight.”

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