"Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love."

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Source : "The Complete Lyonesse" by Jack Vance, Gollancz (p. 449), 2000.

Jack Vance

#Admiration Quotes #Function Quotes #Yearning Quotes

“Sandy: Boy, you must really think I'm stupid or something. Jeff: Ahh, no one would call you stupid, to your face.”
“As kids we used to laugh/Who knew that life would move this fast? Who knew I'd have to look at you through a glass? And look, tell me you ain't did it, you ain't did it And if you did, then that's family business.”
“I was part of punk's second generation, so, not the first wave of '70s punk, but the American hardcore scene. I had a really strong love for music prior to that, but punk created a new template.”
“We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture.”
“I could never trust anyone who's well adjusted to a sick society.”
“I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.”
“The younger generation is vibrant with a new psychology; the new spirit is awake in the masses . . . Each generation . . . will have its creed.”
“It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.”

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