"It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she transforms us into beasts."

-- Patrick Henry

#Hope Quotes #Truth Quotes #Eye Quotes

“It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.”
“That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.”
“There was emptiness more profound than the void between the stars, for which there was no here and there and before and after, and yet out of that void the entire plenum of existence sprang forth.”
“Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.”

Source : Adam Rapp (2002). “Nocturne: A Play”, p.7, Macmillan
“I feel sorry for Obama because he's still got to fight the innate racism of Americans. I mean, did you see his first speech, when he got made President and they put all that bullet proof glass in front of him? I think that shows you how racist America still is. Just because he's black doesn't mean he's going to shoot anybody.”
“A novel means a new way of doing a story”
“...great feeling of enthusiasm..this human component began to fade away, leaving only that supernatural enthusisam which must always be at the root of our perseverance.”
“Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.”

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