"We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may."

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Source : Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.243, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Alethea Kontis

#Wise Quotes #Blessed Quotes #Angel Quotes

“The short interregnum of civil society built on the ruins of the Bastille came to its end with the establishment of the Jews as the new Priestly caste. The alternative Church of our society, the Jews, survived in abeyance for hundreds of years. As long as the Christian Church attended to the discourse, the Jews plainly had no chance to compete; but when its power was broken by liberty-seekers, the alternative arrangement came forward.”
“I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me”
“My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.”
“A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it's got your name on it. That's what a sellout is to me.”
“I don't regret the numerous pictures of Brigitte Bardot, but I'd rather have a good photograph of my father.”
“Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.”

Source : Frank Wedekind (2014). “Wedekind Plays: 1: Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy, Lulu: A Monster Tragedy”, p.55, A&C Black
“One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.”
“I haven't watched anything I've been in since I've done it. I have never put in a movie at home that I've been in. Why? I don't know. I would feel like Norma Desmond. And I have a kid, so time is at a premium.”

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