"Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison."

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Angela Carter

#Dream Quotes #Dark Quotes #Greek Quotes

“Not all men are worthy of love.”
“Human minds are limitless, like space. It may be foolish for a person to even try toÂ deliberatelyÂ affectÂ another person's mind.”
“From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible for him to think that human life is anything great? It is not possible, he said. Such a man then will think that death also is no evil.”
“I did seven indies because the independent market used to be a lot better before all the stars were doing independents. As a beginning actor, that's where you started.”
“Oh I don't need an education Just a microphone's intoxication And I can't deal with concentration Give me tongues and stimulation”
“Evil is a fact, not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted, not to be endured, but to be conquered.”
“Ego loves identity. Drag mocks identity. Ego hates drag”
“Ask a fellow if he favors organized prayer in the public schools. If he says 'No' he's a liberal. If he says 'Yes' he's a conservative. If he says, 'Public schools? The Constitution grants the government no power to run any mandatory tax-funded youth propaganda camps,' you have your hands on the wily libertarian.”

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