"Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery:"

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Source : Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.185, Verso

Alexander Cockburn

#Gossip Quotes #Despair Quotes #Treachery Quotes

“The roaring street is hung for miles With fierce electric fire.”

Source : William Vaughn Moody (1901). “Gloucester Moors and Other Poems”
“In the end, only Leif believed that you were still alive. He thought you might be hiding somewhere, playing a game. As the rest of us grieved, Leif searched the jungle for you day after day.â€ â€œWhen did he finally stop?â€ I asked. â€œYesterday.”
“God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute. And so the soul in which we sail, Unknown by years of thinking, Is deeply felt and understood, The minute that itâ€™s sinking.”

Source : Michael Leunig (2006). “When I Talk to You: A Cartoonist Talks to God”, p.122, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Female friendship was one-tenth prevention and nine-tenths cleanup.”
“I'm just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it's different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I'm not looking for any new friends. I got my friends.”
“When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing from anyone else's reality, it's still reality to you.”

Source : Marya Hornbacher (2009). “Madness: A Bipolar Life”, p.118, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Sentimentality , the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel.”
“Irish is a leprechaun language.”

Source : "Irish Language Being Used as Political Football" by Jim Gibney, republican-news.org. October 10, 2007.

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