"In life, if one wants seriously to understand how the world works, he must die at least once."

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Source : Giorgio Bassani (1996). “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis”, M J F Books

Giorgio Bassani

#World Quotes #Want Quotes

“Pepperidge Farm bread. That's fancy bread. You can tell it's fancy because it's wrapped twice. You open it, and it still isn't open. That's why I don't buy it. I don't need another step between me and toast.”
“Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers.”
“my goal is to always come from a place of love ...but sometimes you just have to break it down for a motherfucker”
“Hatred and cark and care, what place have they / In yon blue liberality of heaven?.”
“Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back”

Source : FaceBook post by Arianna Huffington from Apr 30, 2014
“It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy.”
“When you're finished changing, you're finished.”
“We take it for granted that life is hard and feel lucky to have whatever happiness we get. We do not look upon happiness as a birthright, nor do we expect it to be more than peace or contentment. Real joy, the state in which the Yequana spend much of their lives, is exceedingly rare among us.”

Source : Jean Liedloff (1985). “The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully”, p.148, Da Capo Press

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