"And love was creation's source,creation's ruler; but all love's ways are strewn with blossoms and blood, blossoms and blood."

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Source : Knut Hamsun (1969). “Victoria; a love story”

Knut Hamsun

#Blood Quotes #And Love Quotes #Way Quotes

“I love to believe that there's one god but there's many different religions so there's just the question of which long distance company you pick.”
“Don't wear fur! Did you know, a single fur coat takes fifteen trees, just for the protest signs?”
“The laws that stopped blacks from voting were the worst, because they prevented blacks from voting someone into parliament who could change the other laws. Even though the blacks were the majority of the population, they were still not getting a say.”
“Mostly the subject of the photograph, which can be anyone really, coming down the street - someone that has no idea. "Heroism" in photography, just like in a novel, is for everyone.”
“An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit.”
“Well, we can't all be Terry Bradshaw.”
“Children learn what they live. If a child lives with criticism... he learns to condemn. If he lives with hostility... he learns to fight. If he lives with ridicule... he learns to be shy. If he lives with shame... he learns to be guilty. If he lives with tolerance... he learns confidence. If he lives with praise... he learns to appreciate. If he lives with fairness... he learns about justice”

Source : John Taylor Gatto (2017). “Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”, p.53, New Society Publishers
“I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old.”

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