"When sleep enters the body like smoke and man journeys into the abyss like an extinguished star that is lighted elsewhere, then all quarrel ceases, overworked nag that has tossed the nightmare grip of its rider."

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Source : Nelly Sachs (1967). “O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli”, New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Nelly Sachs

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“A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.”
“Unless we teach our children peace, somebody else will teach them violence.”
“Awareness is something apart from, and different from, all that of which we are aware: thoughts, emotions, images, sensations, desires and memory. Awareness is the ground in which the mind's contents manifest themselves; they appear in it and disappear once again.”
“War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.”

Source : Alexander Berkman (2010). “Now and After: the ABC of Anarchist Communism”, p.30, Lulu.com
“My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.”
“Not to discount my music, but I'm always suspicious of the music that I make on some level, as to how valid it is. Or maybe not "valid," but how important.”
“Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!”

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