"And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying All we did not know."

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Source : William Rose Benét (1933). “Starry Harness”

William Rose Benet

#Silence Quotes

“Secrets are my currency: I deal in them for a living. The secrets of desire, of what people really want, and of what they fear the most. The secrets of why love is difficult, sex complicated, living painful and death so close and yet placed far away. Why are pleasure and punishment closely related? How do our bodies speak? Why do we make ourselves ill? Why do you want to fail? Why is pleasure hard to bear?”
“There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them.”
“Animals look at people the way people look at people that might mug them.”
“Discovery of purpose is a continuous activity, and revelation of it is an ongoing process... The most fortunate people on earth are those who have found a calling that is bigger than they are, a reason for living that moves them and fills their lives with constant passion, aliveness, and growth. Your soul's true purpose is to be the love that you are!”
“I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.”

Source : Interview with Amy Goodman, progressive.org. June 28, 2013.
“I'm not an icon. Not even in America.”
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.”
“I'm a lifetime St. Louis Cardinals fan.”

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