"I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness; could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure precisely to the extent it brought me to despair?"

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Source : Georges Bataille (1972). “My mother”, Jonathan Cape

Georges Bataille

#Despair Quotes #Innocence Quotes #Blame Quotes

“Love never ends or fails. Love never ends. Everything must be based on love - the relation between two friends, my ministry, my service; the church services in every field must be based on love. Why? Because God is Love.”
“On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon That night he had a stomach ache.”

Source : Eric Carle (2016). “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, p.19, Penguin
“When you see something or experience something extraordinary, you can't go back to normal... I think that that's the way I see the supernatural-as happening in mundane circumstances or to people who are unprepared.”
“The information was correct but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute.”
“I can't stand the club scene. It's all about impressing people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not done away with, it is needless to say, but numerous scapegoats are made of the less politically powerful, to satisfy the egalitarian rage awakened.”

Source : Wyndham Lewis (1969). “Wyndham Lewis: an anthology of his prose”
“If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in, and if ever I do something unusual like a science fiction film or an action film or a comedy or something, then that to me feels like a step to the side to do something different.”
“By far the greatest discovery of all the centuries is the power of thought.”

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