"This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what he saw. But what was of more value, he felt and suffered with her. In years that were yet to come, he relived this memory in song, in the most beautiful song this world has known. For the understanding of the soul's defencelessness, of the conflict between the two poles, is not the source of the greatest song. The source of the greatest song is sympathy."

-- HalldÃ³r Laxness

#Beautiful Quotes #Song Quotes #Memories Quotes

“Times like this, with the wind moving the grass and curling around her like a huge cool hand, Tess felt the world as a second presence, as another person, as if the wind and the grass had voices of their own and she could hear them talking.”
“In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.”
“A person hears only what they understand.”
“I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about â€¦ I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.”
“Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.”

Source : "Bobby Bowden: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2009.
“The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.”

Source : Georg Simmel, Kurt H. Wolff (1950). “The Sociology of Georg Simmel”, p.409, Simon and Schuster
“Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.”

Source : Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.59, W. W. Norton & Company
“There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.”

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