"The furies are at home in the mirror; it is their address. Even the clearest water, if deep enough can drown. Never think to surprise them. Your face approaching ever so friendly is the white flag they ignore. There is no truce with the furies. A mirror's temperature is always zero. It is ice in the veins. It's camera is an x-ray. It is a chalice held out to you in silent communion, where gaspingly you partake of a shifting identity never your own."

-- R. S. Thomas

#Zero Quotes #Home Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I just looked at the pattern of my life, decided I didn't like it, and changed.”
“He will understand when it is too late that it is easier to love.”
“I don't pretend to any exemption from the general lot of parental delusion-I mean that like most other parents I see my child through an atmosphere which illuminates, magnifies, and at the same time refines the object to a degree that amounts to a delusion ...”

Source : Sara Coleridge Coleridge (1874). “Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge”, p.70
“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.”
“When I have run out of words to copy, I look out the window at this strange place called India. Inside the train, the people around me are snoring. I don't understand how they can close their eyes when there is so much to see.”
“Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.”

Source : Mark H. McCormack (1990). “What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School”, Bantam
“It's just exciting to be part of something that is brand-new.”
“The beauty in the death that awaits us, I find a timeless beauty in that.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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