"We are all descended from monsters."

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Tess Gerritsen

#Monsters Quotes

“What does interest me is how difficult my culture seems to find it to look the dark side of life directly in the eye. It seems to me that if we look back at mediaeval culture, for example, we see a society which faces the reality of death and pain and limitation, because it has to. Our society, which is progressive and technological and seems to have a slightly fanatical utopian edge to it, gets very uncomfortable when anybody highlights the dark side of humanity, or the world we have built, or what we are doing to the rest of life on Earth.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.”
“...if I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness.”
“I played Chang here under the lights here. I think that was '91. Another good match. I've played a lot more good matches under the lights than I played bad. You tend to remember some of the bad ones unfortunately.”
“Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.”
“I think it's wonderful to be here. And what a beautiful city you have here.”
“Try to live as if there were a God”

Source : Muriel Rukeyser (1994). “Out of Silence: Selected Poems”, p.54, Northwestern University Press
“A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft.”

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