"The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction of our success; there are so many similar objects, all claiming to be the real thing."

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Source : Lucian of Samosata (1905). “Works of Lucian of Samosata (Complete Four Volumes)”, p.359, Library of Alexandria

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“Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a 'positive attitude' when this means concealing or denying real emotions.”

Source : Harriet Goldhor Lerner (1996). “Life preservers: staying afloat in love and life”
“I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.”
“I try not to plan more than 24 hours ahead at any given point. If I've learned anything, it's that you just can't plan. Whatever you think is going to happen never does, and there's always the X factor that always comes up and surprises you.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 5, 2003.
“The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Curtis Mayfield, Brian Jones and the rest.”
“There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.”
“I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.”
“I think that if there was one mistake that I took away, it would affect the man that I am today.”
“Your shallowness or greatness of the soul shows up in your aura.”

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