"But for that blindness which is inseparable from malice, what terrible powers of evil would it possess! Fortunately for the world, its venom, like that of the rattlesnake, when most poisonous, clouds the eye of the reptile, and defeats its aim."

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Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.80

William Gilmore Simms

#Eye Quotes #Clouds Quotes #Evil Quotes

“For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old fashioned”
“I've just never talked about it. But it's so liberating. It was interesting to be coming to have a conversation that I was always afraid to have. This is my coming out ball. I've been dying to do this.”
“Punk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument.”

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“Paganism is the worship of life itself in its supreme mysteries of ecstasy and love.”
“It's a wonderful feeling that I get a chance to play with some of the best players in the world.”
“You are born modern, you do not become so.”
“Listen- all that she was then, all that she is now, those gestures, everything I remember but won't or can't articulate anymore, the perfect words that are somehow made imperfect when used to describe her and all that should remain unsaid about her- it is all unsupported by reason. I know that. But that enigmatic calm that attaches itself to people in the presence of reason- it's something from which I haven't been able to take comfort, not reliably, not since her.”
“I don't think much about the issues after they come out. I like it when people like them. Often, when people have criticisms, I find myself agreeing with them. I think some issues are stronger than others. I hope we're getting a little bit better, overall, issue by issue.”

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