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“Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light way of sweeping, as if removing the dirt were not as important as moving the broom over the ground. Her way of sweeping was symbolic; so airy, so fragile, with a broom she tried to sweep away all the horrors, all the loneliness, all the misery that had accompanied her all her life...”
Source : Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.142, Profile Books
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“Movie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall.”
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“The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.”
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“I was shaking all over, and it wasn't from the vampire. Memories have teeth, too.”
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“At the end of the day - the long day of your life - as people stand around your grave no one will talk about how big your house was, or how many cars you owned, or your boat or plane... they will only talk about ONE thing and ONE thing ONLY: LOVE! How much you loved them and how much they loved you. So the goal then is to live a life of love. That is all.”
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“I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.”
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“History is past politics, and politics is present history.”
Source : 1886 Methods of Historical Study.
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“All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle. I can't jump because the bit forbids it, and my own basic force - my horsepower, if you like - is too little.”
Source : Peter Shaffer (2011). “Equus”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
