"Now I have neither happiness nor unhappiness.Everything passes.That is the one and only thing that I have thought resembled a truth in the society of human beings where I have dwelled up to now as in a burning hell.Everything passes."

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Source : Osamu Dazai (1973). “No Longer Human”, p.169, New Directions Publishing

Osamu Dazai

#Burning Quotes #Hell Quotes #Unhappiness Quotes

“In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.”

Source : Edward Hoagland (1976). “Red Wolves and Black Bears”, Random House Incorporated
“The French are predictably unpredictable.”
“No teacher has ever been better prepared to teach a lesson.”

Source : "American Heroes of Exploration and Flight". Book by Anne E. Schraff, p. 102, 1996.
“I'm not going to be part of looking at information only partially. I'm not going to be part of just coming to quick conclusions. I'm not going to be part of political pressure to do this or not do that. I'm not going to be part of that. This is serious.”
“The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God's loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.”
“I got a lot more interested in songs that could hold up completely on their own, with just a guitar and voice. For some people that's easy to do, but I find it's really difficult.”

Source : "Grizzly Bear". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. October 3, 2012.
“Fresh spring the herald of love's mighty king.”
“All good work requires self-revelation.”

Source : Sidney Lumet (2010). “Making Movies”, p.59, Vintage

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