"All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way-if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy."

-- John Knowles

#Enemy Quotes #Cost Quotes #Lines Quotes

“You can only drive yourself crazy if you have no distance from the world”

Source : Suki Kim (2004). “The Interpreter: A Novel”, p.277, Macmillan
“I am not afraid of the word tension.”
“What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all mankind.”
“Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.”
“I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.”
“I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers.”
“What did I do to deserve this?”
“As I continued to fall into the dark void, embraced by the vault of the heavens, I sang to the beauty of the stars and made my peace with the darkness.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (2012). “The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature”, p.349, Courier Corporation

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