"Only the half-mad are wholly alive."

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Source : Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.24, RosettaBooks

Edward Abbey

#Mad Quotes #Half Quotes #Alive Quotes

“My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here.”
“We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension.”

Source : Carolyn Kizer (2002). “Cool, Calm, and Collected: Poems 1960-2000”, p.144, Copper Canyon Press
“Justice goes across racial and economic barriers - like the good Samaritan.”
“I've always thought my flowers had souls.”

Source : Myrtle Reed (1902). “Lavender and Old Lace”
“It is perhaps true that that sort of sexual energy wanes over time - as the original impetus loses its luster. And then, I suppose, it's on to the next thing. But eros is eternal, like joy.”
“Mystery's a thing not easily captured, and once deceased, not easily exhumed.”

Source : Song: Make Love Stay
“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.208, Penguin
“I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.”

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