"Who I am finally, if not the long silent part of someone, the secret and nocturnal part which has never betrayed itself in public by any thought, word, or deed, but communicates through subterranean depths of the imaginary with dreams as old as the world itself?"

-- Anne Desclos

#Dream Quotes #Who I Am Quotes #Long Quotes

“Friendship after the flesh is very easily destroyed on some slight pretext, since it is not held firm by spiritual perception. But when a person is spiritually awakened, even if something irritates him, the bond of love is not dissolved; rekindling himself with warmth of the love of God, he quickly recovers himself and with great joy seeks his neighbor's love, even though he has been gravely wronged or insulted by him. For sweetness of God completely consumes the bitterness of the quarrel.”
“I glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all.”
“Actually, I think we all understand just fine why Donald Trump is president: because he ran a racist, boorish, epically mendacious campaign and Republicans all decided to go along with it. And even that wouldnâ€™t have been enough if Trump hadnâ€™t gotten some additional help from his pals James Comey and Vladimir Putin.”
“The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to raise all children to a minimally decent standard of living.”

Source : Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“Materialism is toxic to happiness, and we are losing our connection to the natural world.”

Source : "Book World: 'The Bridge at the Edge of the World'". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 29, 2008.
“I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.”
“A disturbing possibility exists that the television experience has not merely blurred the distinctions between the real and the unreal for steady viewers, but that by doing so it has dulled their sensitivities to real events. For when the reality of a situation is diminished, people are able to react to it less emotionally, more as spectators.”

Source : Marie Winn (1978). “Plug in Drug”, Bantam Books
“The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics.”

Source : "Virtual Chiat". Interview with David Dix, www.wired.com. July 1, 1994.

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