"We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous."

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Source : "The view from Hastings" by Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2002.

Max Hastings

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“The ambitious man has never found his true vocation...”
“Locked together in hatred. But I can't hate you Louis. Louis my love, I was mortal till you gave me your immortal kiss. You became my mother, and my father, and so I'm yours forever. But now it's time to end it, Louis. Now it's time to leave him. - Claudia, 'Interview with a Vampire”
“After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.”
“Experiences are as distinct from services as services are from goods.”
“I was going to die and it was taking forever.”
“Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.11, Courier Corporation
“The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.”
“I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about â€¦ I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.”

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