"Love, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera."

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Source : William Maxwell (2010). “So Long, See You Tomorrow”, p.77, Random House

William Maxwell

#Soul Quotes #Cameras Quotes #Lenses Quotes

“Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Why do we marry, why take friends and lovers? Why give ourselves to music, painting, chemistry or cooking? Out of simple delight in the resident goodness of creation, of course; but out of more than that, too. Half earth's gorgeousness lies hidden in the glimpsed city it longs to become.”
“Reality is cruel. All of the naivete is going to be removed. Reality is always changing, and it is always unpredictable. All of the balance is going to be destroyed.”
“Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.”

Source : Andrew Motion (2010). “Selected Poems of Andrew Motion”, p.16, Faber & Faber
“You can sleep with a blonde, you can sleep with a brunette, but you'll never get any sleep with a redhead!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You can't fix stupid. You can't fix a neutered dog you can't fix a garage door and hey, you can't fix stupid”
“Zeroth law: You must play the game First law: You can't win Second law: You can't break even Third law: You can't quit the game.”
“Twitter has to be about art. It can't be about banal things. Banal things and art are two different worlds.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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