"To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his life."

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Source : Athol Fugard (2009). “Tsotsi”, p.38, Canongate Books

Athol Fugard

#Men Quotes #Void Quotes #Danger Quotes

“If life isÂ worth living then it's worth recording.”
“My camera, my intentions stopped no man from falling. Nor did they aid him after he had fallen. It could be said that photographs be damned for they bind no wounds. Yet, I reasoned, if my photographs could cause compassionate horror within the viewer, they might also prod the conscience of that viewer into taking action.”
“We have won the time lottery of the last 4 billion years.”
“Heaven grew weary of the excessive pride and luxury of China... I am from the Barbaric North. I wear the same clothing and eat the same food as the cowherds and horse-herders. We make the same sacrifices and we share.. our riches. I look upon the nation as a new-born child and I care for my soldiers as though they were my brothers.”
“For me, it is important to not just tell the audience how the story ended today, but to give a glimpse into how other people's stories might go on, in the future.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Politicians, ugly buildings, and ***** all get respectable if they last long enough.”

Source : Robert Towne (1997). “Chinatown ; The Last Detail: Screenplays”, p.80, Grove Press
“They are Nietzsche's over-men, these primitive Albanians - something between kings and tigers.”
“The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically there is nothing in the world, that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can bring you psychological certainty; and you have to accept that you can trust in absolutely nothing.”

Source : Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.125, Macmillan

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