"Continents of memory had been lost."

-- Alan Lightman

#Memories Quotes #Lost Quotes #Continents Quotes

“My life is simple, my food is plain, and my quarters are uncluttered. In all things, I have sought clarity. I face the troubles and problems of life and death willingly. Virtue, integrity and courage are my priorities. I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed but never shamed.”
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”

Source : Herbert C. Lust, Alberto Giacometti, Aprile Gallant, Portland Museum of Art (2000). “Alberto Giacometti”
“Iâ€™m beginning to know myself. I donâ€™t exist. Iâ€™m the space between what Iâ€™d like to be and what others made of me. Just let me be at ease and all by myself in my room.”
“Human beings are worthy of the highest respect but not all opinions and beliefs are worthy of respect and tolerance. There are some who believe in fascism, white supremacy, the inferiority of women. Must those beliefs be respected? There is a big difference between the two.”

Source : "One woman's war" by Nick Cohen, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2005.
“A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone.”

Source : Matthew Polly (2007). “American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China”, p.252, Penguin
“An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.”
“I hate being a blonde.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“rain began to beat at the narrow lattice windows in the stop-and-start manner of an untalented child practicing scales at the piano.”

Source : Dorothy Cannell (2013). “God Save the Queen!”, p.13, Belgrave House

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