"It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it."

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Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2010). “The Historian”, p.85, Hachette UK

Elizabeth Kostova

#Home Quotes #Mind Quotes #Brutality Quotes

“I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.”
“That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything.”
“Travel is said to be broadening because it makes us realize that our way of doing things is not the only one, that people in other cultures live differently and get by just fine. Insects do that, too, only better.”
“The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell about the time they dared to ask Borges what is poetry for, to which he answered: 'What is a sunrise for? What are caresses for? What is the smell of coffee for?'”
“No-limit hold'em- Hours of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror.”
“I am luminous with age.”

Source : Meridel Le Sueur (1970). “Corn Village: A Selection”
“There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.”
“If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.”

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