"Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us."

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J. G. Ballard

#Reality Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Forget Quotes

“The most valuable insight on choosing whom to love is to be honest with yourself about the man standing before you.”
“We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.”
“Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.”
“How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.”
“I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.”

Source : "Rule By Thieves: One Week in the American Kleptocracy" by John W. Whitehead, www.counterpunch.org. March 17, 2017.
“It's the same with spirit guises; show me a sweet little choirboy or a smiling mother and I'll show you the hideous fanged strigoi it really is. (Not always. Just sometimes. *Your* mother is absolutely fine, for instance. Probably.)”
“Invention depends altogether upon execution or organization; as that is right or wrong so is the invention perfect or imperfect.”
“The busy have no time for tears.”

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