"We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."

-- Charles Bukowski

#Death Quotes #Circus Quotes #Existentialism Quotes

“There are very few real teachers. Teaching is not a job; it is a vocation. To be a great one many qualities must be combined: love of truth, knowledge, reverence, loving concern for one's students, clarity and patience.”
“If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.”
“The only power you have is the word no”

Source : "I'd love to play a psycho killer" by Michael Ellison, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2001.
“The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.”

Source : Maureen Duffy (1969). “Wounds”
“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you donâ€™t see.”
“If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.”
“There are so many aspects to the sport. It never gets boring because you always do something different. Maybe you train really hard on a sport climbing and get tunnel vision for a while, but as soon as you burn out a bit, you concentrate on another aspect, like traveling. You see the world through the vehicle of climbing.”
“The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces.”

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